Portrait #969

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Mebane, Elizabeth Smith
  • Artist:Zardo, A.
  • Date Created:1929
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:6 1/2' x 4'
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:20 October 2007
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:An elegant full-length portrait of a young dark-haired woman standing in front of a chair with her left leg folded and resting on the chair seat. She is wearing a red dress with an uneven hemline; her left arm rests across the back of the chair; and her right hand grasps the right arm of the chair. There is a vase of flowers on a table to her right, and her white-stockinged right leg (with gold slipper) rests on what appears to be an animal skin rug.
  • History:Artist was from Florence, Italy - Portrait now owned by subject's niece.
  • Notes:Subject born 8 April 1910- died 2 February 1967