Sketch of a Polish Jew

1817

Washington Allston

Painter, American, 1779 - 1843

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, until at least 1828.[1] Thomas Dwight, Boston, at least between 1839 and 1850.[2] (Victor Spark, New York); purchased 1949 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The painting was lent by the artist to Second Exhibition of Paintings in the Athenaeum Gallery, Boston, 1828, no. 171.
[2] The painting was lent by Dwight in 1839 to the Exhibition of Pictures Painted by Washington Allston at Harding's Gallery, Boston (no. 29), and in 1850 to the Twenty-third Exhibition of Paintings in the Boston Athenaeum, no. 94. The label on the painting's stretcher for Tercentenary Retrospective Exhibition, 1936, lists the return address as Doll & Richards, 138 Newbury Street. However, no other information about this dealer as a possible owner is known.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1828

  • Second Exhibition of Paintings in the Athenaeum Gallery: Consisting of Specimens by American Artists, and a Selection from the Works of the Old Masters, Athenaeum Gallery, Boston, 1828, no. 171.

1839

  • Exhibition of Pictures Painted by Washington Allston, Harding's Gallery, Boston, 1839, no. 29.

1850

  • Twenty-third Exhibition of Paintings, Athenaeum Gallery, Boston, 1850, no. 94.

1881

  • Memorial Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1881.

1936

  • Tercentenary Retrospective Exhibition, Art Association of Newport, 1936.

1964

  • American Jewish Art and History in the South, 1697-1900, Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, 16-30 March 1964.

1978

  • The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April - 16 July 1978, unnumbered catalogue.

1979

  • "A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston, 1779-1843, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1979-1980, no. 46, repro.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 10 (shown only in Houston, Southampton, Charlotte).

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 285, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46626582

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