Feeding the Bird
c. 1800
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 56 x 43.2 cm (22 1/16 x 17 in.)
framed: 63.2 x 51.1 x 4.1 cm (24 7/8 x 20 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1953.5.63
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Virginia. Purchased in 1947 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1988
A Little Bestiary: Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 1988, no catalogue.
Bibliography
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 275, 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: 474-476, color repro. 475.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 401, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20180620