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The sitter in this portrait is Emily Scoble, a model from the Slade School of Art in London. The famous Irish artist Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen was briefly engaged to her. The artist and another figure are reflected in the round mirror on a wall as the young Emily, dressed in elegant attire and wearing a hat, sits pensively in a dimly lit room, gazing intently towards us. Orpen was only 22 when he painted “The Mirror” and had just recently finished his schooling at the Slate School. The room is a portrayal of Orpen’s lodgings, but the shallow pictorial depth and decorative, or ‘aesthetic,’ arrangement of objects is based on Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother in profile. With her face partially obscured by the shadow cast by her hat, Emily's expression is calm as she turns in seated in profile to look directly at Orpen. Her hair is neatly pulled back, partially obscured by a light colored, wide brimmed hat with floral embellishments. She wears a cream-colored, long-sleeved blouse with soft, lace at the cuffs. Over this, she is draped in a heavier, light greyish shawl with a fringed edge, concealing lower portion of her black skirt. She is seated on a dark-colored chair and her pose is composed and still, suggesting a moment of quietness. The room is painted in subdued tones of dark browns, muted greens, and greys. The walls have a greenish hue, and there's a dark wood cabinet to the left. On this piece of furniture is a small, delicate glass vase containing a small bouquet of light blue flowers that seem to be slightly wilted. The wall behind the woman features several white framed pictures. A circular mirror on the wall reflects the artist painting at his easel alongside another person. This is a device which Orpen borrowed from a 15th-century painting by Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, "The Arnolfini Portrait." Emily was a frequent model for Orpen’s early works, but she broke off the engagement in 1901 and eventually married someone else.

The sitter in this portrait is Emily Scoble, a model from the Slade School of Art in London. The famous Irish artist Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen was briefly engaged to her. The artist and another figure are reflected in the round mirror on a wall as the young Emily, dressed in elegant attire and wearing a hat, sits pensively in a dimly lit room, gazing intently towards us. Orpen was only 22 when he painted “The Mirror” and had just recently finished his schooling at the Slate School. The room is a portrayal of Orpen’s lodgings, but the shallow pictorial depth and decorative, or ‘aesthetic,’ arrangement of objects is based on Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother in profile. With her face partially obscured by the shadow cast by her hat, Emily's expression is calm as she turns in seated in profile to look directly at Orpen. Her hair is neatly pulled back, partially obscured by a light colored, wide brimmed hat with floral embellishments. She wears a cream-colored, long-sleeved blouse with soft, lace at the cuffs. Over this, she is draped in a heavier, light greyish shawl with a fringed edge, concealing lower portion of her black skirt. She is seated on a dark-colored chair and her pose is composed and still, suggesting a moment of quietness. The room is painted in subdued tones of dark browns, muted greens, and greys. The walls have a greenish hue, and there's a dark wood cabinet to the left. On this piece of furniture is a small, delicate glass vase containing a small bouquet of light blue flowers that seem to be slightly wilted. The wall behind the woman features several white framed pictures. A circular mirror on the wall reflects the artist painting at his easel alongside another person. This is a device which Orpen borrowed from a 15th-century painting by Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, "The Arnolfini Portrait." Emily was a frequent model for Orpen’s early works, but she broke off the engagement in 1901 and eventually married someone else.

"The Mirror" by William Orpen (Irish) - Oil on canvas / 1900 - Tate Gallery (United Kingdom) #WomenInArt #TheTate #Tate #SirWilliamOrpen #WilliamOrpen #Orpen #art #artwork #OilPainting #mirror #TateGallery #IrishArtist #PortraitofaWoman #EmilyScobel #MirrorArt #IrishArt #BlueskyArt #SladeSchool

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