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Allen Smith, Jr. — Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Lydia Wardwell Smith)

Allen Smith, Jr.

Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Lydia Wardwell Smith)

1800

Intimate family portraiture reveals the artist's tender approach to depicting loved ones within the conventions of Federal period American painting.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Allen Smith, Jr., Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Lydia Wardwell Smith), 1800

Intimate family portraiture reveals the artist's tender approach to depicting loved ones within the conventions of Federal period American painting.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1800
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

19th Century, American, Historical, Portrait, Dignified, Neutral Tones, Neoclassicism, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, Formal

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