Lady Undressing for a Bath
c. 1730/1740
Painter, American, 1695 - 1746
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 84.2 x 107.6 cm (33 1/8 x 42 3/8 in.)
framed: 95.3 x 118.1 x 4.4 cm (37 1/2 x 46 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1956.13.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Clermont, New York. 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, who married Harold Wilson of Germantown, New York; by descent to their daughters, Anne and Jane Wilson, by whom sold to (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, 2, 26, no. 39, color repro. (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).
Bibliography
1953
Keck, Caroline and Sheldon Keck. "The Conservation of Two Early Paintings." Antiques 63 (February 1953): 116-119.
1954
"Collectors' Notes." Antiques 65 (February 1954): 148.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 136, repro., as by Unknown American.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 278, repro., as by Unknown American.
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: 102-103, color repro. 101.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 164, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20177843