- Inscription
- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
Overview
No overview.
Inscription
lower right: John 1921
Marks and Labels
null
Provenance
Commissioned by the sitter, Joseph E. Widener [1871/1872-1943], Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1949
- Augustus John in American Collections, Scott and Fowles, New York, 1949, unnumbered, repro.
- 1949
- Augustus John, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1949, unnumbered.
- 1968
- Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Augustus John, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1968, no. 2.
Bibliography
- 1944
- Rothenstein, John. Augustus John. London and New York, 1944: 23, no. 51, repro.
- 1960
- Birnbaum, Martin. The Last Romantic: The Story of More Than a Half-Century in the World of Art. New York, 1960: 173-174.
- 1965
- Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 71.
- 1968
- European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 62, repro.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 182, repro.
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Work of Art
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- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.94
- • On View
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- Giovanni Bellini
- Italian
- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children
- 1777-1779
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.95
- • On View
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