Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 51.5 x 66 cm (20 1/4 x 26 in.)
framed: 57.8 x 73 x 4.4 cm (22 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1953.5.92
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Probably John Sanders [1714-1782] of Scotia, New York; by descent to his son John Sanders II [1757-1834]; by descent to his daughter Mary Elizabeth Sanders, wife of Harold Wilson of Germantown, New York; by descent to their daughters Anne [b. 1867] and Jane Wilson [b. 1870], Clermont, New York. Sold to (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1953
Keck, Caroline, and Sheldon Keck. "The Conversation of Two Early Paintings." Antiques 63 (February 1953): 116-119.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 156, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 304, repro.
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: 639-640, repro. 639.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 434, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20177858