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Portrait of a young girl
(1890)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
47.2 × 39.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs J. Richter, 1972
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Accession Number
A19-1972
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
girls half figures profiles (figures) single-sitter portraits youth (people)
Movements
Australian Impressionism Heidelberg School
Frame
The frame represents a merging of Louis XIV and "Lawrence" styles. It might more reasonably be found on a work from the first half of the 19th century. At the same time we can acknowledge this and the Louis XV style as being constants in the decorative frame idiom. The association between the frame and the painting is not clear, the frame might be a later reframing, however the activities of W. & G. Dean as frame makers might be contained to only a few years around the date of the painting which gives some credibility to it being the first framing of the painting.
Frame Details
Framemaker
W. & G. Dean
Melbourne
Date
(1890)
Materials
The frame is built on a simple wooden profile which has been mitred together. It carries embellishments to the corners and centres made from composition. The slightly convex frieze section carries a strap work pattern in composition. The frame does not have a slip and appears to be simply based on a solid wooden section without a recessed rebate.
Frame Condition
The frame has been completely resurfaced and has lost any sense of the original finish. It would presumably have carried a surface of both burnished and matte gilding.
Dimensions
61.5 x 53.5 x 5.0 cm; sight 46.0 x 38.0 cm