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Child
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Rather than paint the child as a small adult in an artificial pose and setting, Maria Judson Strean chose to emphasize the little girl’s innocence, showing her cradling her doll and seated in a simple white chair painted with roses.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineChild. ca. 1930. Maria Judson Strean, born Washington, PA 1865-died Pittsburgh, PA 1949. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the American Society of Miniature Painters. CC0.
