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Lady in Black, 1888. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 74 1/4 x 36 5/16 in. (188.6 x 92.2 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Lady in Black
- Artist
- William Merritt Chase (American, Williamsburg, Indiana 1849–1916 New York)
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 74 1/4 x 36 5/16 in. (188.6 x 92.2 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of William Merritt Chase, 1891
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1849–1916
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.