Carmelita Requena
Thomas Eakins
1869
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978
Accession Number
1979.135.2
Tags
PortraitsGirls
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...