Maria Hadfield Cosway

Selected Works

Portrait of Helena Fourment en Frans Rubens

1774–1805

Duchess of Devonshire as Diana

1782

Clythie

1785

La Madonna con San Gerolamo [after Correggio]

1802

A woman in a draping dress is seated beneath a tree playing a lyre. At her feet, two winged cherubs hold instruments and gaze up at her adoringly.

Sappho

1826
Maria Hadfield Cosway, Sappho, 1826. Brown ink and graphite on medium cream laid paper, 22.9 x 18.4 cm. Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art

A very sketchy drawing of a young woman holding a box in her lap. The outline of her skirts, hair, and figure are present but there is very little detail in the image.

Young Woman with a Box

ca. 1785–1795
Maria Hadfield Cosway, Young Woman with a Box, ca. 1785–1795. Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper, 24.8 x 13.1 cm. Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago

Man with Staff

ca. 1800

Two Studies of Mother Holding Child

ca. 1800

Two winged figures, kneeling on clouds, look on with horrified expressions as a third figure, dressed in a simple robe with red, strides forward out of the clouds with arms raised and angry expression.

Judgement of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

ca. 1801
Maria Hadfield Cosway, Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, ca. 1801. Pen and ink and oil on canvas, 37.5 x 29.2 cm. Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art

A pencil sketch of the figures of two women wearing dresses, one with her head turned to look over her right shoulder, and the other looking forward while leaning to the right. Both figures are sketchy and have overlapping lines where parts of the figure were redrawn.

Study of Two Women

n.d.
Maria Hadfield Cosway, Study of Two Women, n.d. Graphite on medium cream wove paper, 5.4 x 6.7 cm. Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art

A young woman with light skin and pale blonde hair looks out at the viewer. She has a white cloth wrapped around the top part of her updo, and she wears a red dress with a white shawl.

Self-Portrait with Turban

n.d.
Maria Hadfield Cosway, Self-Portrait with Turban, n.d. Oil on canvas, 71 x 57 cm. Uffizi Gallery
Uffizi Gallery

A Lady

n.d.

Self-Portrait

n.d.

Sketch of Group of Figures

n.d.

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