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Elisabeth Rethberg

Object Details

Provenance
The artist; gift to sitter 1968; returned to him at her death 1976; gift 1985 NPG
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
A. Richard Ely, active c. 1968
Sitter
Elisabeth Rethberg, 22 Sep 1894 - 1976
Date
1968
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of A. Richard Ely
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Accurate: 81.5 x 68.7 cm (32 1/16 x 27 1/16")
Frame: 88.6 × 75.2 × 2.5 cm (34 7/8 × 29 5/8 × 1")
Type
Painting

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