| Woman in Blue | |
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| Artist | Thomas Gainsborough |
| Year | ca. 1775–1785 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 76.5 cm × 63.5 cm (30.1 in × 25.0 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum,Saint Petersburg |
ThePortrait of a Lady in Blue,[1] orWoman in Blue,[2] is an oil-on-canvas portrait of an unknown woman, executed in the late 1770s or early 1780s by the English artistThomas Gainsborough during his fifteen-year stay inBath, Somerset.[2][3]
Some art historians have identified its subject as theDuchess of Beaufort, daughter ofEdward Boscawen.[1] It is now in the collection of theHermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, to which it was left in 1916 byAlexei Khitrovo, making it the only work by the artist in Russia.[2]
Woman in Blue
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