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Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband
Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband

Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband

Moral Re-Armament Assembly Portraits
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Caux, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:
Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband
Date:
1929
Artist:
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 ½ x 18 ½ in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left of canvas in red oil]: Violet / Oakley; [verso label 1 of 4 in black ink]: Violet Oakley [s[ace] (Oil) / Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, daughter of / German Emperor Frederick, / granddaughter of Queen Victoria / of England, wife of Constantine / I of Greece. (In mourning for husband) / [same label, in red ink] OP61; [verso label 2 of 4 in black ink]: H.M. Sophie / Queen Dowager of Greece / by / Violet Oakley, N.A. / painted in Florence, Italy / in 1929; [verso typed on Brandywine River Museum label 3 of 4]: WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE HOWARD PYLE TRADITION / September 6 through November 23, 1957 / Portrait of H. M. Sophie, Queen of Greece / Violet Oakley / oil on canvas, 1919 [sic] / Lent by Miss Edith Emerson; [verso label 4 of 4 printed]: Oakley, Violet, (1874-1961), / H. M. Sophie Queen / Dowager of Greece, 30 / x 26 x 2, A54F; [verso on stretcher]: H. M. Queen Sophie of GreecePainted in Florence, Italy.

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