Catherina Elmendorf
Unknown Artist
1752
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Katharine H. Aldrich, 2006
Accession Number
2006.418
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the enchanting portrait of *Catherina Elmendorf (1752), a captivating oil-on-canvas work from colonial America, now gracing the Metropolitan Museum of's American Wing. Measuring an impressive 50 x 40 inches, this generous scale underscores the subject's prominence within her family and society. Created by an unknown artist, captures the likeness of young Catherina, adorned with flowers that evoke innocence, youth, and the natural beauty celebrated in 18th-century portraiture. on canvas was the gold standard for such formal portraits, allowing for luminous skin tones, intricate fabric ...