Portrait of a Woman1835Image: 27 1/4 x 23 1/4 " (69.2 x 59.1 cm)
Frame: 33 1/8 x 29 x 2 7/8 " (84.1 x 73.7 x 7.3 cm)Oil on boardGift of Anne and David Genter2025.2.201579669312Benjamin B. CurtisPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. verso lower left: 'Painted by B.B. Curtis, Feb 1835'http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster26674http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12336HartfordHartfordUnited StatesConnecticutPaintingsRecent AcquisitionsAdam ReichHartfordObject information is a work in progress and may be updated
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgA little-known portraitist and ornamental painter active in Boston and Hartford, Benjamin B. Curtis completed upwards of 180 portraits in the Hartford area between 1833 and 1836. This beautiful pair is remarkable for their exquisitely rendered period detail. Lushly rendered detail in the woman’s likeness include an iridescent black silk taffeta dress, a framed portrait miniature or pendant on a black chain choker, a coral and gold bracelet, and striking plunge earrings.Bust length portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with white collar with hair in an updo. Holding a red book and wearing elaborate gold earrings, chain necklace, gold pin and belt buckles. Background has a red velvet curtain with gold tassel. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster26674http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12336http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster26674http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster12336http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster26674http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster1233618351835 2025 2 2 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art
Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgA little-known portraitist and ornamental painter active in Boston and Hartford, Benjamin B. Curtis completed upwards of 180 portraits in the Hartford area between 1833 and 1836. This beautiful pair is remarkable for their exquisitely rendered period detail. Lushly rendered detail in the woman’s likeness include an iridescent black silk taffeta dress, a framed portrait miniature or pendant on a black chain choker, a coral and gold bracelet, and striking plunge earrings.Bust length portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with white collar with hair in an updo. Holding a red book and wearing elaborate gold earrings, chain necklace, gold pin and belt buckles. Background has a red velvet curtain with gold tassel.