J. Alden Weir, Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)
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J. Alden Weir

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)

ca. 1890

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
56 × 44 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-140176

J. Alden Weir taught painting classes in New York City while he cultivated his reputation as a portrait artist. Nineteen-year-old Anna Dwight Baker was one of his students, and after a brief courtship the two married in 1883. Anna Weir's friends variously described her as "ethereal," "like some beautiful dream woman," qualities her husband captured in this portrait of her with his subtle, impress…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mahonri Sharp Young

Registry history

  • ca. 1890 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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