Oil painting on canvas of a fainting woman. There are ten figures present: a priest is the central figure, wearing a red robe. The fainting woman is to the left and is wearing a white dress with a blue sash; she is held up by a man in a blue outfit and a woman with a red feather in her hair. The setting is in a cathedral with a stained glass window in the back and an altar. The wood frame is gilt with a concave center border.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
gesso
wood (plant material)
Painting
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P195
FA099
Unknown
22 1/16 x 28 x 2 6/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.618
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