Portrait of an Artist, Traditionally Identified as Mademoiselle Halbou, Adèle Romany, circa 1795

Portrait of a female artist, traditionally identified as mademoiselle halbou, three-quarter-length, fashionably dressed in pink dress and a plumed hat, holding chalk and standing at a table on which she rests a large portfolio with sheets of paper protruding from the edges. Visible on one is a human figure, while another is a crumpled sheet of music, indicating that the sitter is practiced in both the visual and musical arts. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: circa 1795. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 128.2 cm (50.4 in) ; width: 96.5 cm (37.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Museum of Women in the Arts. Portrait of a female artist, traditionally identified as Mademoiselle Halbou