Comedia

Primary Creator
Painter Thomas Wilmer Dewing
Contributor(s)
Properties
Era1800s
Height20 inches
StyleImpressionist and Pre-abstract
Width15 inches
Name of WorkComedia
Production Date1892-4c
Production Location


Current Location
United States
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Media Typesoil on canvas
General Notes

Description

A full-length image of a 19th century young woman in a sumptuous blue-green patterned dress with a wide flowing sash, against a rich green background. Her head is thrown back slightly and she is looking far off, intent on some image, perhaps to do with the paper she is holding in her left hand. Her right hand and arm is akimbo and she is straight and strong and alive.

Theme

Feminine vivacity and gaiety

Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life

Life is sumptuous and beautiful and alive.

Tags

femininity, woman

Scale

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