Portrait of a Lady (Possibly of the Buloid Family)
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
33 x 25 3/8 in. (83.8 x 64.5 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Elizabeth H. J. Cowdrey, 1929
Accession Number
29.148.2
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Art Historical Context
This elegant portrait, painted in 1832 by the American artists Samuel Lovett Waldo and William Jewett, captures a woman possibly connected to the Buloid family. Created in oil on wood, the work exemplifies the collaborative partnership between Waldo and Jewett, who together produced many formal likenesses during the early nineteenth century. Measuring just over three feet tall, the panel’s compact scale suited it for intimate domestic display, a common practice for family portraits of the period. As part of the Metropolitan Museum’s American Wing, the painting reflects the growing importance ...
About the Artist
Samuel Lovett Waldo|William Jewett · 1783–1861
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