Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908)
Carolus-Duran was at the peak of his success as a society portraitist when he painted this likeness of the American banker's wife in Paris in 1890. The pose and the costume, with their strong suggestions of the seventeenth century, reflect the artist's early and continued admiration for Velázquez.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908)
- Artist: Carolus-Duran (Charles-Auguste-Emile Durant) (French, Lille 1837–1917 Paris)
- Date: 1890
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 83 1/2 × 42 1/4 in. (212.1 × 107.3 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson and Orme Wilson, 1949
- Object Number: 49.4
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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