1811
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Galleries Scotland
Jean or Jane Adam, Mrs Kennedy of Dunure is a 1811 oil by Henry Raeburn, held at National Galleries Scotland.
This portrait shows a woman sitting in a chair, facing the viewer. She is wearing a green dress with a white shawl draped over her shoulders and a white head covering. Her right arm rests on the armrest of the red chair. The background is dark, with a red curtain behind the woman and a painting of a castle on a hill to her right. The overall atmosphere of the painting is somber and formal. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures, look up Henry Raeburn.
Sir Henry Raeburn (; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.
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