A Rose

''A Rose'' is an early 20th-century painting by American artist Thomas Anshutz. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts a young woman, Rebecca H. Whelen, sitting in a chair wearing a rose-colored dress. The painting - in keeping with artistic themes of the early 20th-century - compares a woman and her attire to a rose flower, but also evokes the sense that the young woman is intellectually and emotionally alert. Whelen herself was the daughter of a trustee of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at which Anshutz was a long-time teacher.

Anshutz's work has been compared to that of his contemporary Thomas Eakins (specifically Eakins' 1900 portrait ''The Thinker'') and to Diego Velázquez.

''A Rose'' is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Provided by Wikipedia