John Watkins Chapman (1832-1903)
Portrait of a Spanish Lady

Medium: Oil on canvas
Size without frame: 23.5" x 19.5"
Size including frame: 28.7" x 24.7"
SOLD

A vibrant portrait of a Spanish woman holding both a fan and a rose. In traditional dress she wears a mantilla and a gold silk shawl (manton de seda?). Chapman exhibited 'A Spanish Study' at the Royal Academy in 1862 but this a later painting, dated 1867. Relined and cleaned; signed lower left.