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The Needlewoman (Spanish: La costurera) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Diego Velázquez, painted between 1635 and 1643.[1] It is housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
| The Needlewoman | |
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| Spanish: La costurera | |
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| Artist | Diego Velázquez |
| Year | c. 1635-1643 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 74 cm × 60 cm (29 in × 24 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
Subject
The Needlewoman is an unfinished portrait, in which the head, modeled in light and shadow, is the most fully realized part. The arms and hands are sketched in briefly. The result displays Velázquez's facility for portraying gesture, his method of summarily constructing the figure, and his ability to suggest a subject's melding into the surrounding atmosphere.[2]
Similarities have been noted between The Needlewoman and The Lady with a Fan; not only do the facial features seem consistent, but so, too, is the brushwork of the face and chest.[3] Although the subject's identity is not known for certain, it has been proposed that she was Francisca Vélazquez del Mazo, the artist's daughter. If, indeed, the subject in both paintings was the same sitter, it would at least suggest an intimacy between artist and subject.[4]
Attribution
The attribution has not been uncontested. As recently as 1944 biographer F. J. Sánchez Cantón concluded that the painting was begun by Velázquez but completed by his son-in-law, Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo. However, the traditional attribution of the painting as entirely by the master is supported by the inventory made of the work in Velázquez's rooms at the time of his death, which includes a description of "Another head, of a woman doing needlework".[5]
The painting came into the possession of Andrew W. Mellon in 1927, thence to the National Gallery as part of the Mellon collection in 1937.
Notes
- López-Rey, page 202, Vol. II.
- López-Rey, page 139, Vol. II.
- López-Rey, page 202, Vol. II.
- López-Rey, page 202, Vol. II.
- López-Rey, page 202, Vol. II.
References
López-Rey, Jóse, Velázquez: Catalogue Raisonné. Taschen, 1999. ISBN 3-8228-6533-8
External links
- The Needlewoman at the National Gallery of Art website
- Velázquez , exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this painting (see index)
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[es] La costurera
La costurera o Mujer joven cosiendo es una pintura al óleo atribuida a Velázquez y conservada en la National Gallery of Art de Washington desde 1937 por legado de su anterior propietario, Andrew W. Mellon. La obra, inacabada, se ha puesto en relación con una entrada en el inventario de los bienes dejados por Velázquez a su muerte en el que con el número 168 se citaba «Otra cabeça de una mujer açiendo labor».[1] Para su ejecución se han fijado fechas que van desde 1640 hasta 1649, fecha del segundo viaje del pintor a Italia.[2] Para José López-Rey, el carácter inacabado de la obra imposibilita la datación, aunque el parecido del modelo con la mujer retratada en La dama del abanico, que considera de 1635, haría pensar en una fecha próxima para la Costurera.[3] El mismo López-Rey señala semejanzas con la Coronación de la Virgen que avalarían su autografía, discutida por críticos como Pantorba o Sánchez Cantón.[fr] La Couturière
La Couturière ou Jeune femme cousant, est une huile sur toile attribuée à Diego Vélasquez et conservée à la National Gallery of Art de Washington depuis 1937 par un legs de son précédent propriétaire Andrew W. Mellon.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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