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Cincinnati, Ohio. University Club Annual Exhibition, 1987.
Ohio. Cincinnati Art Museum. An American Painter Abroad: Frank Duveneck's European Years, October 2, 1987–January 3, 1988.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. The Expatriate American Artist and Other Selections from a Cincinnati Collection, November 18, 1994–January 15, 1995.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Frank Duveneck Virtuoso of the Brush, July 16–October 17, 1999.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Small Paintings from the Taft Collection, February 21–June 22, 2014.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Small Paintings from the Taft Collection, July 8–November 5, 2017.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. In a New Light: Treasures from the Taft, July 3, 2021–May 1, 2022.

A woman gazes boldly at us with her chin slightly lifted and her dark hair parted down the middle. Light hits the right side of her face, leaving the left in shadow. When Covington, Kentucky–born artist Frank Duveneck was teaching in Florence, Italy, he hired local peasants to serve as models. In this oil study, Duveneck applied paint loosely to suggest the woman’s collar, earrings, and necklace, as well as the background, then carefully modeled her facial features.

Created by Frank Duveneck [1848-1919], the artist; acquired by Martin Dumler [1] [2]; probably by descent to Martin Dumler’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Martin Dumler II. (Acquired by Mary Ran Gallery, Cincinnati, OH); purchased by Stanley and Frances D. Cohen, Cincinnati, OH, 1982; gift to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

Notes:

[1]. Martin Dumler was a fellow artist and friend of Frank Duveneck. See 2012 letter written by Mary Leonhard Ran in Taft Museum object file. [2]. Martin Dumler probably purchased the painting directly from Frank Duveneck. See Taft Museum of Art object file.

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