Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Necklace
Alice Pike Barney, born Cincinnati, OH 1857-died Los Angeles, CA 1931 · 1898
Alice Pike Barney studied in Paris with portrait painter Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran, who believed that a sitter's outward appearance reflected his or her inner character. The Necklace, which was probably a self-portrait, shows a self-assured woman with a gold necklace. Her direct gaze and the portrait's dramatic lighting lend her an almost haughty air, hinting at Barney's independent and somewhat rebellious character.
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