Portrait of Diana Mary Barker (born ca. 1749), Benjamin West, 1766

Portrait of diana mary barker. Young woman turned three-quarters toward the spectator, with dark eyes straight ahead, raises left hand to pick a small pink flower growing in a pot; in the other, she holds some pink roses. Blue and gold striped ribbon, barely discernible, wound about dark hair. Fair complexion, aquiline nose. Greyish-tan dress, full elbow-length sleeves and undersleeves caught up with pearls and blue ribbon. Grey and gold striped scarf draped around neck; blue and gold striped belt with gold fringe. Double strand of pearls caught loosely about base of throat. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1766. Place of creation: United States of America. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art. Benjamin West - Portrait of Diana Mary Barker (born ca. 1749) - 31.39 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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Author: Benjamin West (1738–1820)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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neoclassicism,romanticism portrait paintings in the minneapolis institute of art portrait paintings by benjamin west 18th-century portrait paintings of standing women at half length portrait paintings of females holding roses portrait paintings of females with blue cloth belts 18th-century portrait paintings with red drapery 1760s portrait paintings from the united states (female)1766 oil on canvas paintings in the united states paintings in the minneapolis institute of art oil on canvas portrait minneapolis institute of art benjamin west