Mrs. Robert Lowden

Henry Inman

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

In this portrait, most likely commissioned to celebrate the sitter’s marriage to Robert Lowden, Henry Inman lavishly rendered Jane Lowden in a red velvet gown. Such flattering likenesses, captured with exuberant fluidity, made Inman one of the most popular midcentury portraitists. Despite his success, Inman felt somewhat stifled by the “rage for portraits” and wished he could devote more time to painting landscapes or genre scenes, subjects that he considered of “higher and purer taste.”

Caption

Henry Inman American, 1801–1846. Mrs. Robert Lowden, ca. 1840. Oil on panel, 32 11/16 x 25 in. (83 x 63.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. W. W. Thayer, 11.549. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.549_transp6061.jpg)

Title

Mrs. Robert Lowden

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

Oil on panel

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

32 11/16 x 25 in. (83 x 63.5 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. W. W. Thayer

Accession Number

11.549

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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