Collection An Artist Visits the White House Past
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
Madame Lillian Evanti
- Artist
- Lois Mailou Jones
- Date of Work
- 1940
- Type
- Painting
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Madame Lillian Evanti
The portrait of Lillian Evanti displayed here depicts her in costume as Rosina in Rossini's Barber of Seville. It is one of the most highly-regarded works by Lois Mailou Jones, who knew Evanti well.
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