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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