Kathleen Jardine (NC), The Court Dwarf, Maribarbola & Other Pets

Oil on canvas on panel, signed and dated 1994, the perimeter of the painting is inscribed "Velazquez, a painter of the tenderest empathies, must have loved Maribarbola. We see her as did he: candid, dignified, young, gendered, smart and pretty, a pet though a human curiosity for collectors, who was the last dwarf of the European courts? Children, dogs, dwarfs, trophies for narcissists.," gallery wrapped canvas.

60 3/8 x 48 in.

Private Collection of a North Carolinian

Originally from California, Kathleen Jardine lives with her family and animals in the woods outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A pictorial realist, her paintings are puzzles for the viewer to wander through. Her large scale figural compositions rarely come to market.

Good estate condition.

$2,000 - 4,000