Archery Contest

19th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on cotton

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Catherine Lilly Bacon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 77.8 x 110.8 cm (30 5/8 x 43 5/8 in.)
    framed: 94 x 128.6 x 5.1 cm (37 x 50 5/8 x 2 in.)

  • Accession

    1969.12.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Catherine L. Bacon, Woods Hole, Massachusetts; gift 1969 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Extended loan for use by Blair House, Washington, D.C., 1970-1985.

1972

  • Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1986-1997.

1986

  • Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1986-1997.

1999

  • Extended loan for use by Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001.

Bibliography

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 284-285, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20180486

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