1820
oil
canvas
From the collection of Walters Art Museum
Portrait of an Elderly Lady is a 1820 oil by Jacques-Louis David, a Neoclassicism work, held at Walters Art Museum.
This painting shows an elderly woman sitting in a chair. She is wearing a dress with a blue ribbon around her neck and a hat with feathers on it. The background is dark. The woman's face is painted in detail, with wrinkles and a serious expression. Her eyes are looking straight ahead, and her mouth is closed. The artist has used oil paint to create a realistic image. The painting is a good example of the artist's skill in creating realistic portraits. If you want to learn more about this style of painting, you could look up the artist Jacques Louis David.
Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris on 30 August 1748 into a bourgeois family; his father died in a duel when the boy was nine, and a maternal uncle guided his education.
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