Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers

A seated woman in a white satin gown and crimson shawl with gold trim rests her hand on a small spaniel held in her lap. A pink rose with blue ribbons is pinned at her bodice, and a dark stormy sky and trees fill the background. The oil portrait is composed with soft, controlled modeling of the satin and a vivid red accent against the gray-green landscape.

Look closer: A small pink rose with blue ribbons is pinned at the bodice, and the dog's face peeks out from the lap.

Artist

John Singleton Copley

Date

ca. 1763

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2970 × 3722 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1915