Profile Portrait of a Young Lady, c. 1810/1820

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 30.4 x 25 cm (11 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

framed: 34.3 x 28.9 x 3.8 cm (13 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.10

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

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Provenance

C.M. Heffner, 1942.[1] Recorded as from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

[1] According to the caption for the reproduction of this painting in Carl W. Drepperd's American Pioneer Art and Artists, (Springfield, Massachusetts, 1942), 96.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Heffner, C.M.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1944: Title Unknown, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut, 1944, no cat.

1952: Title Unknown, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1952-1953, no cat. (citation not confirmed by institution).

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 52, as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1955: American Primitive Pantings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1964: Extended loan for use by Blair House, Washington, D.C., 1964-1984.

Bibliography

1942: Drepperd, Carl W. American Pioneer Art and Artists. Springfield, Massachusetts, 1942: 96.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 148, repro., as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 292, repro., as Portrait of a Young Lady.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 423, repro.

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: 581, 584, repro. 582.