Ellen Stevens Bromley Phillips - American School 1873 Oil The Artist's Wife

Description

This formal portrait depicts the artist's wife in an elegant emerald green dress adorned with intricate lace trim and delicate pink floral accents, her dark hair styled in an elaborate updo decorated with matching pink roses. Set against a warm, muted brown background, the composition exemplifies classical portraiture techniques with its careful attention to luxurious textile details and the subject's direct, confident gaze. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with foliate and shell corner detailing. On canvas.

Condition

The painting has been relined. Evidence of light craquelure to the surface. Evidence of light surface restoration and overpainting. Some wear to the gilt frame with stable cracking and abrasions.

Size

76 x 53cm (29.9" x 20.9")
Framed Size: 100 x 88cm (39.4" x 34.6")