Allegro
1864
Painter, American, born England, 1831 - 1913
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on academy board
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 16.83 × 14.61 cm (6 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
framed: 27.94 × 42.23 × 3.81 cm (11 × 16 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.114
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington; gift 10 May 1869 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
Tribute to W. W. Corcoran, George Washington University, Washington, 24 September - 4 November 1952.
1989
Country Paths and City Sidewalks: The Art of J. G. Brown, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts; National Academy of Design, New York; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 19 March - 3 December 1989, no. 1, repro.
2004
Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 23 May 2005, unpublished checklist.
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 23, 290, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: J. G. Brown / 1864
Wikidata ID
Q46629194