A portrait of a well-dressed woman on a picnic in the country. She is wearing a black dress with white flowers and has a white cloth on her lap. She holds flowers in her hands as she looks directly at the viewer. The picnic basket sits at bottom right corner, a country road winds along the left side. Frame is gilded wood, with very curved and flowing carvings. Entire piece is in protective wood box, lined with red velevet, and a glass front.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
wood (plant material)
Painting
"G. Jacquet" (Nameplate on bottom center of frame.)
"In Living Rm / over desk / in corner" (Words In blue ink, number in red ink, on white stamp on back of frame)
34127
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P168
FA015
Jacquet, Gustave Jean, 1846-1909 (Artist)
21 5/16 x 16 9/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.591
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