# Portrait of a Lady

**French** (French or Swiss, active 18th century)  
1725–50  
Oil on canvas  
81 × 64.5 cm (31 7/8 × 25 3/8 in.); Framed: 105 × 87.7 × 10.2 cm (41 3/8 × 34 1/2 × 4 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1935.299. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/21679).

## About this work

French painted this in 1725–50. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [French](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/french)

French or Swiss, active 18th century

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Switzerland
- Real size: about 32 × 25 in (81 × 64 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Subjects: portraits: female subject, France, French, blue (color), portraits, woman, headdresses, 18th Century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/85.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/85/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-lady-aic-21679).