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Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of Sarah E. Doyle

Now On View

Description

Maker

Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942)

Title

Portrait of Sarah E. Doyle

Year

ca.1902

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

canvas

Dimensions

101.9 x 76.2 cm (40 1/8 x 30 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LL: Cecilia Beaux

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Committee of High School Graduates

Object Number

32.062

Type

Paintings

Exhibition History

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Jun 19, 2015

Charles Pendleton House

Jan 02, 2015

Making It In America

Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Parisian-trained Cecilia Beaux portrays educator and suffragist Sarah Doyle in academic robes over a white blouse and skirt. Broad brushstrokes and a deep red background contrast with her steady, dignified gaze and allude to her intellectual energy.

Doyle was principal of the girls’ department at Providence High School from 1872 to 1892 and a founder of Pembroke College at Brown University. To acknowledge her “deep and lasting influence upon the women of this community,” former students commissioned a portrait that would “perpetuate her strong, womanly personality,” and “be of itself a work of art of the highest merit.”

From the Reserve IV

Nineteenth-Century American Painting

Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection

Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855-1942)

Portrait of Sarah E. Doyle, ca.1902

Oil on canvas

101.9 x 76.2 cm (40 1/8 x 30 inches)

Gift of Committee of High School Graduates 32.062

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