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To the right are small versions of several paintings downloaded from the WebMuseum of Paris.

 (Photos of the paintings are by Mark Harden, Brian Yoder, and Carol Gerten-Jackson).

Which painting do you feel most closely represents the woman described in this poem?

To see a larger view at the WebMuseum, click each small image to the right.

 

 

A.  (left) Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich Fan (c. 1660), oil on canvas, 100 x 83 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.  Painted by Rembrandt, Dutch Baroque painter, 1609 - 1669.
B.  Madame d'Haussonville (no details at Web Museum about  medium, size, or location).  Painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French Romantic painter (1780 - 1867).
C.  Lady with an Ermine (1483 - 1490), oil on wood, 54 x 39 cm., Czartoryski Museum; Cracow, Poland.  Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer (1452 -  1519).
D. Pauline Eleanore de Galard de Brassac de Bearn, Princess de Broglie (1853); oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French Romantic painter (1780 - 1867).
 

E.  Woman with a Pearl (left) (no date given), oil on canvas, 70 x 55 cm., Musee du Louvre, Paris.  Painted by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, French Romantic painter (1796 - 1875)

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