# Portrait of a Woman

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ABBATI, Giuseppe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on panel, 26 x 14 cm

## Commentary

More a genre painting than a portrait, this woman is standing near a fireplace resting her hands on the back of a chair, a pose that was customary in portrait photography at that time. The composition focuses on her long, bluish dress and the bonnet, held down by a black scarf, while her features are only summarily executed in large daubs of colours.

## Related artworks

- [Country Road with Cypresses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/country-road-with-cypresses-r08fa28716e4516>)
- [Landscape at Castiglioncello](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/landscape-at-castiglioncello-r84198bba9e24f7>)
- [Oration \(The prayer\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/oration-the-prayer-r9cb05081c3f7b5>)
- [The Cloister of Santa Croce](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/abbati-giuseppe-rf147367e1067c9/the-cloister-of-santa-croce-rd57d997a34ed5f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)