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by admin on April 5th, 2011

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Do you know the 19th century self portrait of a woman sketching herself?

I am trying to find the name of a 19th century self portrait.
It is a young woman in a draping white dress. Her hair is pulled up in a bun, and she has a ribbon around her empire waist dress.
She is sitting on a chair, in a room with the light coming from a window behind her. She is holding a sketch pad on her lap, looking in the mirror, obviously painting herself.

If you know the name of the painting or the female artist, I would really appreciate locating it.

The only painting that I can think of that nearly fits this description is this:

Young Woman Drawing, 1801
Marie-Denise Villers (French, 1774–1821)
Oil on canvas; 63 1/2 x 50 5/8 in. (161.3 x 128.6 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 (17.120.204)

It's at the Met:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/18wa/ho_17.120.204.htm

But there is no mirror in the picture. If this isn't the one you mean, can you give any more infomration: is the woman alone, do you know the hair colour?

Hope this is it though!

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