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Aitchie by George Paul Chalmers
Aitchie
Aitchie by George Paul Chalmers
Aitchie by George Paul Chalmers

Aitchie

Artist (Montrose, Scotland, 1833 - 1878)
Sitter
Date1874
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 59.5 cm, Width: 39.6 cm
Frame: Height: 90.5 cm, Width: 69.8 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1925 by Sir James Murray.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002176
About MeChalmers studied under Robert Scott Lauder in Edinburgh. Later, through the art critic and collector John Forbes White, Chalmers came to admire particulary the art of two of the Old Masters, Velasquez and Rembrandt.

Their influence is clearly evident in this portrait of John Forbes White's daughter Rachel or 'Aitchie'. As in many of Rembrandt's portraits she peers out from a dark room. Her features are sensitively and softly modelled in a series of tonal graduations.


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“Aitchie" (Rachel) was the daughter of John Forbes White, art critic and collector: he had introduced Chalmers to the old Spanish masters, whose influence shows here