TW429365 Portrait of a Lady, c.1879 (oil on canvas) by Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911); 48.5x38.5 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK; (add.info.: The background to this portrait has been deliberately left as bare canvas to set off the fine painting of the woman\'s head. The informality of this approach, the portrait\'s thoughtful quality, and the muted colours are features of the Aesthetic style popular at the end of the 19th century. Alphonse Legros was a French artist who settled in England in 1863. This picture was probably painted when Legros visited Sunderland in 1879 to visit Thomas Dixon. Dixon was a friend of the art critic John Ruskin, who owned this picture;); 穢 Sunderland Museums ; French, out of copyright.