Composition study for "Man and Science" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House
Date
c. 1910Medium
Oil on canvasCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2012Dimensions
36 x 54 in.Description & Inscriptions
Oakley’s widowed mother Cornelia Swain Oakley posed for the figure of the seated older woman dressed in black.