# Portrait of a Lady

**Unknown artist**  
probably c. 1820  
oil on canvas  
overall: 62.7 x 52 cm (24 11/16 x 20 1/2 in.) framed: 84.5 x 72.7 cm (33 1/4 x 28 5/8 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942.8.37. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1131.html).

## About this work

An unrecorded artist painted this (probably c. 1820). It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The portrait shows the upper half of a seated woman with a round face, wrinkles, and dark hair. She wears a bonnet, a brown dress with layers, and a shawl or cloak. The background is a muted dark brown.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### 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.

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Real size: about 25 × 20 in (63 × 52 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: female
- 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/1313.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1313/1920.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
- 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
- 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
- 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

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-nga-1131).