Object number2022.13

L'espoir du retour

Date1812

Artist Frances (Fanny) Vacher (American, born 1792)

copy after Henri Gérard (French, 1755 - 1835)

after a painting by Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761 - 1837)

CultureFrench

MediumSilk embroidery with hand-painted details on fine canvas

DimensionsComposition: 21 x 17 1/4 in. (53.3 x 43.8 cm)
Framed: 32 x 27 x 2 1/2 in. (81.3 x 68.6 x 6.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Prince Marsh, class of 1953, Elizabeth Prince Collins, class of 1955, in memory of Margaretta Tuttle Prince, class of 1927

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

InscribedPainted on glass of frame, by an unidentified hand, lower center in gold-metallic paint: L'ESPOIR DU RETOUR; lower right: F.VACHER.

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DescriptionIn colors that are now gold and blue, a woman within an interior looks down and to the side as she holds a letter with a miniature oval portrait at her side in her left hand and her right hand extends away to touch a globe sitting on a table beside her. She has ribbons in her hair, wears pearl jewelry, and stands on a patterned carpet. The table has intricate patterning and atop the table also sits a cup with a face which holds a feather quill.

Terms

female

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