Watercolor half-length portrait of Anne Hoffman Nicholas: serious-looking woman with dark hair parted in the middle with curls on either side; she wears a black, high waisted long-sleeved dress with double white broad collar and black bow at waist; part of yoke and reeded right rear stile of the chair she sits in is visible (chair appears to be of klismos form); her left arm rests on the top of a similar chair with reeded rear stile and flat yoke decorated with concentric rectangles; gray figured background; the unknown artist signed and dated the portrait in the lower left corner of the yoke "R 1819"'; framed in plaster "mat" covered with gilt; oval opening with leaf-shapes in triangles in each corner.
Artwork Details
Medium
Watercolor, Plaster, Paper, Gilt, Watercolor, plaster, paper, gilt
Subject Person or Organization
Hoffman Family, Ann Hoffman Nicholas (1790-1840)
Collection
Sunnyside Object Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1819
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
See description
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Including Mat
Height
8-1/4 in
Width
7 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 in. (21 x 17.8 cm)
Dimension Description
Sight
Height
7-11/16 in
Width
6-5/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 6 5/8 in. (19.5 x 16.8 cm)
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Should be removed from plaster "mat". Watercolor flaking off from paper where attached to "mat".
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hoffman Family
Notes
Subject
Person or Organization
Ann Hoffman Nicholas (1790-1840)
Notes
Subject
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
Evaluated by Nicholai Pavlov at $300 ?date.
Accessioned in 1980, acquired in 1978.
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13E
