Profile Portrait of a Young Lady

c. 1810/1820

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C.M. Heffner, 1942.[1] Recorded as from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
[1] According to the caption for the reproduction of this painting in Carl W. Drepperd's American Pioneer Art and Artists, (Springfield, Massachusetts, 1942), 96.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1944

  • Title Unknown, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, 1944, no cat.

1952

  • Title Unknown, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1952-1953, no cat. (citation not confirmed by institution).

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 52, as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1955

  • American Primitive Pantings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1964

  • Extended loan for use by Blair House, Washington, D.C., 1964-1984.

Bibliography

1942

  • Drepperd, Carl W. American Pioneer Art and Artists. Springfield, Massachusetts, 1942: 96.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 148, repro., as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 292, repro., as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 581, 584, repro. 582.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 423, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20183042

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