Dec 13, 2024
A Young Woman Playing the Harp
Artist: James Northcote (British, 1746–1831)
Date: 1814 (Exhibited)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Tate Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Description A Young Lady Playing the Harp, Exhibited 1814. Is an oil painting by the English artist and author James Northcote. It depicts a young harpist wearing a white dress tied with a long green sash, with a string of red beads around her neck. The harpist gazes forward, both hands raised to pluck the strings. She is seated against a rural backdrop dominated by a large, dark tree on the right, which frames her compositionally. The backdrop on the left, seen through the strings of the harp, features a twilit sky over hills and a lake.