An Actress (Portrait of Suzanne Santje)

Gallery 211, American Art, second floor (Roberts Gallery)

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An Actress (Portrait of Suzanne Santje)

1903

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

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.

Gallery 211, American Art, second floor (Roberts Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

An Actress (Portrait of Suzanne Santje)

Date:

1903

Artist:

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

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)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929

Accession Number:

1929-184-23

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 211, American Art, second floor (Roberts Gallery)

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