Description
Seventeenth Century Lady shows a woman viewed from behind in a long white gown, standing in a dark interior. Her reddish hair is gathered above her neck, and broad sleeves frame the fitted bodice. Light catches the folds and trailing hem of the dress, while a narrow vertical highlight appears at the right.
Painted around 1895 in oil on canvas, the work treats historical suggestion as something visible within a portrait-like encounter. Chase brings a person and her presentation into the same field of attention, allowing the image to remain a painting rather than an explanation of costume history. Its appeal comes from the relationship between recognition and distance. The sitter feels present through the artist’s treatment, even as the title invites the viewer to consider another time through her appearance.
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