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DiaporamaDesign for Dean Memorial Window, "The Virtuous Woman," First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey
- 1895
- 36.0 x 56.0 cm
In contrast to highly finished watercolor designs, which were readily translated into cartoons, this sketch was almost certainly used as a preliminary draft. The trefoil-topped windows depict scenes from Proverbs 31:10–31, a passage celebrating the ideal woman as a virtuous and industrious mother who is honored by her family. In the left window, the bountiful grape harvest symbolizes the exemplary woman as resourceful and entrepreneurial. The middle scene represents a mother’s charity; she doles out bread to a hungry child as the spinning wheel and lamp in the background evoke her industriousness. In the window at right stand her adoring husband and children.
Frederick Wilson (1858 – 1932)
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About this artwork
- Title: Design for Dean Memorial Window, "The Virtuous Woman," First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey
- Artist: Frederick Wilson
- Year: 1895
- Original dimensions: 36.0 x 56.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Perceived brightness: brilliant
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