PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR CLOSE
Creator(s): Giulio de Blaas (Painter)
Currently in storage
About this object
A portrait of Eleanor Close Barzin shown in full length standing, facing front, her right hand holding a large ostrich feather fan at her side. The fan comes across the front of her dress, and is held with her left hand. She is wearing a white feather headdress and long veil, a three strand pearl necklace, a sleeveless bluish green dress with layered tulle, and a train at the lower left, and matching satin shoes with round jeweled buckles. She is wearing bracelets and a ring on her right hand. She is standing on a terrace with a column at right and a italianate balustrade at left. Behind her is blue sky.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR CLOSE
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- ITALY
- Date made:
- 1929
- Size:
- Framed: 87 × 54 1/2 in. (221 × 138.4 cm) Unframed: 73 1/2 in. (186.7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.147
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; DATE in red paint, lower right corner: Giulio de Blaas 1929
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973