1865
oil
canvas
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
Portrait of the Artist's Wife is a 1865 oil by John Pettie, a British Romanticism work, held at Ashmolean Museum.
This painting shows a woman in a long, light-colored dress with her back to a door. She is holding the door handle with her right hand. The woman's dark hair is pulled back, and she is wearing a red flower in it. She is also wearing a ring on her right hand. The woman is looking to her left, and the background is a wood-paneled wall. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of quiet contemplation. The painting's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and volume. For more on this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
John Pettie (17 March 1839 – 21 February 1893) was a Scottish painter from Edinburgh who spent most of his career in London.
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