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Thomas Lawrence

Mrs. Wolff, ca. 1815

Description

Maker

Title

Mrs. Wolff

Year

ca. 1815

Medium

Black and red crayon on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

42.072

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh

June 5 - October 26, 2008

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.

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