Young Man on a Terrace, c. 1730

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 51.5 x 66 cm (20 1/4 x 26 in.)

framed: 57.8 x 73 x 4.4 cm (22 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.92

Artists / Makers

American 18th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Probably John Sanders [1714-1782] of Scotia, New York; by descent to his son John Sanders II [1757-1834]; by descent to his daughter Mary Elizabeth Sanders, wife of Harold Wilson of Germantown, New York; by descent to their daughters Anne [b. 1867] and Jane Wilson [b. 1870], Clermont, New York. Sold to (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Sanders II, John
Sanders, John
Sanders, Mary Elizabeth
Thacher, Thurston
Wilson, Anne
Wilson, Jane

Bibliography

1953: Keck, Caroline, and Sheldon Keck. "The Conversation of Two Early Paintings." Antiques 63 (February 1953): 116-119.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 156, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 304, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 434, 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: 639-640, repro. 639.