Young Lady with a Fan

1737

The Gansevoort Limner

Painter, American, active 1730/1745

Pieter Vanderlyn

Painter, American, c. 1687 - 1778

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Kingston, New York. (Jack Bender, city unknown),[1] by whom sold in 1953 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
[1] The donor's records state that Bender purchased the painting from a Kingston family whose ancestors had resided there since 1680.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, not included in cat.

1955

  • American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955 (replaced another painting and shown about one week).

1961

  • 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Colleciton of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 11, color repro., as by Unknown. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967

  • Merchants and Planters of the Upper Hudson Valley 1700-1750, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg; Albany Institute of History and Art; Museum of American Folk Art and New-York Historical Soc., New York, 1967, unnumbered brochure.

1968

  • American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Colleciton of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 10, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970

  • The New World: 1620-1970, Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1970, no. 2.

  • American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

1985

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 31, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

1988

  • La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 31, repro.

Bibliography

1969

  • Black, Mary C. "The Gansevoort Limner." Antiques 96 (November 1969): 738, 741-743.

1971

  • Black, Mary C. "Pieter Vanderlyn and Other Limners of the Upper Hudson." In American Painting to 1776: A Reappraisal. Edited by Ian M. G. Quimby. Charlottesville, Va., 1971: 237.

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: 148, color repro. 149.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 187, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: AEtate 19- / Ao 1737-

Wikidata ID

Q20177900


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