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Jane Maria Bowkett (1837–1891) was a British traditional Victorian genre painter who worked primarily in oils. Her work has been described as 'delightful, slightly naive pictures of women and children, either interiors, or often beach scenes'. [1]
This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote: 173. YOUNG LADY IN A VESTIBULE RECEIVING A LETTER. Sm. 51, Suppl. 22; de G. 7. [1] A lady, wearing a light blue jacket and a red skirt, sits in the farther right-hand corner of a vestibule paved with tiles. A dog lies on her lap; a bigger dog stands to the left.
A dog, when included in an allegorical painting, portrays the attribute of fidelity personified. [12] In a portrait of a married couple, a dog placed in a woman's lap or at her feet can represent marital fidelity. If the portrait is of a widow, a dog can represent her continuing faithfulness to the memory of her late husband. [11]
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It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote: 74. TWO FIGURES AND A DOG IN A BEDROOM. De G. 71. [1] A woman stands at a window to the right; a man sits to her left beckoning to a dog.
Woman at her Toilette shows a woman in front of a mirror in her bathroom, facing away from the viewer. The piece contains a silvery-gray and white palette with subtle hints of blue. [6]: 188 Like many of her paintings from the preceding years, the work has elements of the Rococo style.
The Woman With A Dog belongs to Fragonard's Figures de Fantaisie (Fantasy Figures) series, with artworks often painted within an hour. While some elements such as the hairstyle, pearls, or the blue and pink colors correspond to the Rococo style, the dress itself is in a 16th/17th-century style, and has been compared to Rubens' portraits of Marie de Médici or Anne of Austria.
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