Sophia Burpee Conant, c. 1813

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 56.2 x 43.2 cm (22 1/8 x 17 in.)

framed: 68.6 x 55.2 x 6.9 cm (27 x 21 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.44

Artists / Makers

The Conant Limner (painter) American, active c. 1813

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Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. Purchased in Amherst, Massachusetts, by (Carleton L. Safford, West Granville, Massachusetts), by whom sold to (Mary Allis, Southport, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Allis, Mary
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Safford, Carleton L.
Unknown Patron

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. 55.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 130, repro., as Sophia Burpee by Unknown American.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 269, repro., as Sophia Burpee by Unknown American.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 393, repro., as Sophia Burpee by Anonymous American.

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: 75-77, color repro. 76.