The Little Gypsy
| Artist | Frederick Porter Vinton (American, 1846–1911) |
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| Title | The Little Gypsy |
| Date | 1877 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Framed: 41 5/16 × 29 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (104.9 × 74.1 × 8.6 cm) Stretcher: 36 1/8 × 23 5/8 in. (91.8 × 60 cm) |
| Credit Line | Morton and Marie Bradley Memorial Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 91.304 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A young girl is wearing a blue dress, white blouse, white cap,and a patchwork apron. She is standing in front of a stone wall and looking down at the small bouquet of flowers she holds in her hands.
The Little Gypsy launched Frederick Porter Vinton’s career when he exhibited it at the Paris Salon of 1878, just after he had completed three years of study in Paris and Munich. In this work, Vinton adopted the loose brushwork and dark palette associated with the Munich art academy. The subject, a peasant woman dressed in the traditional costume of southern Italy, also reflects the Munich Academy’s emphasis on the portrayal of general, rather than specific, figural types. However, Vinton, who settled in Boston, later established a reputation as a leading society portraitist.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"The Little Gypsy | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=91.304