Woman Standing with Hand on Hip
c. 1780
Artists
Description
Facing three-quarters left, she takes her position for a step in the minuet and casts a glance behind her over her right shoulder as she points her left foot forward; her left hand is place on her hip beneath her pannier.
Dimensions
38.1 x 24.7 cm (15 x 9 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Thomas Dimsdale, London (his mark, L.2426, lower left); William Mayor, London (his mark, L.2799, lower right); his sale, London, June 1875, lot 583; John Postle Heseltine, London; Guiraud Brothers, Paris; E. Gimpel & Wildenstein, Paris and New York; Meta and Paul J. Sachs (by 1919); Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, inv. no. 1965.276
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