Woman in a Bonnet
This portrait bust, with its emphasis on neatness and order, embodies bourgeois respectability.
Artwork Details
- Title: Woman in a Bonnet
- Artist: Paul-Auguste-Sylvaire Bonnifay (French, Toulon 1814–1885 Toulon)
- Date: 1841
- Culture: French, Toulon
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, by exchange, Gift of Ogden Mills, by exchange, Funds from Various Donors, 1988
- Object Number: 1988.122
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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