Mrs. John Lothrop

c. 1770

John Durand

Associated Names
John Durand

Artist, American, active 1765/1782

The image shows a woman's upper body from the waist up. She faces slightly to her right but looks directly at the viewer. She has a smooth complexion, bright eyes, and a slight smile. Her dark hair is neatly styled back and adorned with a headpiece of small flowers and ribbons. She wears a mustard-colored gown with lace details, including lace ruffles at the sleeves. She holds a pink rosebud in her right hand and a closed fan in her left hand. A multi-strand pearl necklace is visible around her neck. The background is dark blue with soft pink flowers nearby.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. Purchased in 1955 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1957

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 17.

1960

  • American Painters of the South, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1960, no. 19.

Bibliography

1965

  • Feld, Stuart, and Albert Ten Eyck Gardiner. American Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Greenwich, Connecticut, 1965: 56.

1982

  • Kelly, Franklin W. "The Portraits of John Durand." Antiques 122 (November 1982): 1084, 1087 n. 26.

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: 97, color repro. 99.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 163, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20178468

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