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John Hogan
, Irish, 1800-1858
Title
Portrait of a Young WomanDate1830s
MediumMarble
Dimensions
61.2 x 42.8 x 26.6 cm
SignedOn reverse in mongram, JHOGAN. Fecit
Credit LinePurchased, 1994
Object numberNGI.8357
Exhibition HistoryTrove, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 3 December 2014 - 8 March 2015Label TextThe identity of this solemn young woman is unknown, but the cross she wears prominently suggests that she, like many of Hogan’s sitters, was Catholic. It has been proposed that she was the patroness of a religious order. The bust was probably executed in Italy, where Hogan had settled in the 1820s. It is a good example of his severe Neo-classical style, though relatively unusual within his oeuvre in being a portrait of a woman.