Thomas Lawrence

Mrs. Wolff

Maker

Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Title

Mrs. Wolff

Year

ca. 1815

Medium

Black and red crayon on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Black and red crayon on paper

Materials

crayon

Supports

wove paper

Dimensions

22.2 x 24.1 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

42.072

Type

Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh

Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth

Jun 05, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008

Label copy

This drawing was swiftly executed in one sitting, and the freely drawn body retains an air of spontaneity. Sir Thomas Lawrence drew his close friend Mrs. Wolff perhaps in preparation for an oil portrait now at the Art Institute of Chicago. The function of Lawrence’s portrait-head drawings is not entirely clear. They may have been made as studies for his paintings or as records to be kept in the studio should the sitter require another picture.

Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection

Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Tombstone

Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Mrs. Wolff, ca. 1815

Black and red crayon on paper

22.2 x 24.1 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches)

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 42.072

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