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Vanity
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About this work
This allegory has been a popular subject in literature and art dating back to the Middle Ages. Vanity personifies all the temptations and self-serving pleasures of the world. In Charles Louis Hinton’s version, the idealized figure has been replaced with a naturalistic, female nude. She turns her head and leans slightly back to look at her reflection. Her vanity is evident in her sensual, studied pose, which exudes beauty and self-confidence.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineVanity. 1915. Charles Louis Hinton, born Ithaca, NY 1869-died Bronxville, NY 1950. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. CC0.
