The Necklace
1898
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.6 × 41.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138261
Alice Pike Barney studied in Paris with portrait painter Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran, who believed that a sitter's outward appearance reflected his or her inner character. The Necklace, which was probably a self-portrait, shows a self-assured woman with a gold necklace. Her direct gaze and the portrait's dramatic lighting lend her an almost haughty air, hinting at Barney's independent and somewha…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney
Registry history
- 1898 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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