Unidentified
Antoinette Bates
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The artist painted a rose-colored background to complement Antoinette Bates’s porcelain complexion. Her simple dress and absence of jewelry emphasize her large eyes, which are framed by the soft curls of hair on either side of her face.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1940.5.1
What it shows
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0