The Widow of an Indian Chief

probably after 1789

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 63.2 x 75.5 cm (24 7/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
    framed: 88.3 x 101 x 9.2 cm (34 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.79

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased at an unidentified London sale by (James P. Labey, New York); (sale, Silo's, New York, 19-20 April 1929, second day, no. 342, as by Wright); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1937

  • American Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 8, as The Tragic Indian by Joseph Wright.

1940

  • Masterpieces of Art. European & American Paintings 1500-1900, New York's World Fair, 1940, no. 292.

1944

  • John Trumbull and his Contemporaries, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, 1944, no. 142, as The Tragic Indian by Joseph Wright.

1954

  • Long term loan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1954-1958.

1960

  • Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797, Durlacher Brothers, New York, 1960, no. 21.

Bibliography

1959

  • Crombie, Theodore. "Wright of Derby's `Indian Widow'." Apollo 69 (1959): 107.

1960

  • Rosenblum, Robert. "Wright of Derby: Gothick Realist." Art News 59 (1960): 54, fig. 4.

1965

  • Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 18, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 140.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 127, repro.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 166, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 376, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 310.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 440, repro.

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 352-354, repro. 353.

Wikidata ID

Q20179673

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