Eugène Accard (French, 1824-1888)

Eugène Accard (French, 1824-1888) (image 1/2)
Eugène Accard (French, 1824-1888) (image 2/2)
Pricing & History
"Portrait of a Lady at a Mirror", oil on canvas, signed "E. Accard" lower left, with stencil of Paris art supplier "Hardy - Alan" en verso of canvas, 28 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in., in a giltwood frame. Note: The sitter's prominent black dress, her wedding ring, and especially the floral decorations, all suggest that this is probably a mourning portrait. Holly is traditionally a symbol of Christ's suffering (especially from the Crown of Thorns), during his Passion (G. Ferguson, Signs and Symbols in Christian Art, Oxford, 1954/1961, p. 32); blue violets are emblems of resurrection, as well as of faithfulness: evidently a widow's faithfulness, in this case, to the memory of a tragically departed husband (Kate Greenaway, The Language of Flowers, London, many eds., pp. 42 & 52).
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