An Actress (Portrait of Suzanne Santje)
Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1903Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
6 feet 7 3/4 inches × 59 7/8 inches (202.6 × 152.1 cm) Framed: 7 feet 7 inches × 71 3/8 inches × 2 inches (231.1 × 181.3 × 5.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1929-184-23Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1903Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
6 feet 7 3/4 inches × 59 7/8 inches (202.6 × 152.1 cm) Framed: 7 feet 7 inches × 71 3/8 inches × 2 inches (231.1 × 181.3 × 5.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 286, American Art, second floor
Accession Number:1929-184-23Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929
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Suzanne Santje (1873-1947) was a Philadelphia-born actress who studied music in Berlin and drama in Paris. Eakins shows her not on stage but during a private moment in her study, dressed in a vibrant gown and surrounded by objects, including a script of the romantic drama Camille, and a portrait of her father, Charles Shearer Keyser.
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