Portrait #86

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  • Subject/Title:Stivers, Lizette
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  • Artist:Naegele, Charles Frederick
  • Date Created:ca. 1875-1900
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:49 x 48
  • Image Dimensions:40 x 43
  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:6/9/2003
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Knee-length seated three-quarters right profile of a woman in a formal white dress with chiffon overlays. Off-the-shoulder, it is adorned at the low-cut neckline with a dark ribbon. She also holds ribbons in her hands gathered in her lap. The overall image has a pink cast, and the sofa drape is pink. The upper background is dark.
  • History:This image is of the artist's wife. He moved to a farm near Marietta, GA for his health, and died ca. 1930-40. The owner's sister, Dudley, Hewitt, studied with Naegele for five or more years. She later married John W. Fulton.
  • Notes:The surface has some abrasions and chips and cracking.