Girl with a Parrot
Maker
Allan Ramsay II
(British, 1713-1784)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1744
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 38 x 48 1/2 in. (96.5 x 123.2 cm.)
frame: 47 × 57 1/2 × 3 in. (119.4 × 146.1 × 7.6 cm.)
SignedSigned and dated: 1744
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Purchased with funds from the Frances Crandall Dyke Bequest
Label TextThis young girl’s outstretched arm and delicately upturned hand would have been recognized by contemporary viewers as an indication that she is speaking. Her index finger points to a carefully detailed white-headed parrot, an animal valued for its intelligence, talkativeness, and obedience. Both the tamed parrot and the cultivated roses that bloom near the girl’s left elbow represent parts of wild nature that the girl has presumably trained – a flattering allusion to her patience and nurturing skills.Status
On viewObject number99.21
Allan Ramsay II
1762
Object number: 58.20
