Self-Portrait as Flora
Self-Portrait as Flora
Date1704
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 4 1/4 in. (15.3 × 10.8 cm)
Mediumsilverpoint on vellum
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number
2025.134
Not on View
Descriptionhalf-length profile portrait of a woman dressed in a finely pleated, classical-style robe; her elaborate braided hairstyle is similarly inspired by Roman models from the Flavian period.
Comparative Referencesc.f. Michèle Seehafer, Waser and Merian - two trailblazing female artists of the Baroque era, Swiss National Museum Blog, 9 January 2023
c.f. J. K. Dabbs, Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550–1800, An Anthology, University of Minnesota Morris 2008, pp. 328–336.
c. 90 CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
Early to Late 15th century
Before 1880
668-627 BCE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
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