An Instrument of Many Strings
Date1897
Artist
Mary Lizzie Macomber
(American painter, 1861–1916)
MediumOil on canvas mounted to cradled wood panel
Dimensions24 1/8 × 20 1/8 in. (61.3 × 51.1 cm)
frame: 34 × 29 1/2 × 3 in. (86.4 × 74.9 × 7.6 cm)
frame: 34 × 29 1/2 × 3 in. (86.4 × 74.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2019
Object number2019-109
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextMacomber was influenced by the work of British Pre-Raphaelite artists like Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. Her allegorical subjects, like this work, were exhibited throughout the nation. In her hometown of Boston, Macomber's paintings were praised by art critics and prized by collectors.Beatrice Anderson
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