Mounting of the Guard, mid 19th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 67.5 x 100 cm (26 9/16 x 39 3/8 in.)

framed: 76.8 x 110.2 x 5.3 cm (30 1/4 x 43 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.3

Artists / Makers

Redpath (painter) American, active mid 19th century

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from the Hudson River Valley. (Harry Stone Gallery, New York, 1945), by whom sold in 1946 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Stone Gallery, Harry
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1945: Harry Stone Collection of American Primitive Painting, New Art Circle, J. B. Neumann Gallery, New York, 1945, no. 10, as West Point(?), special issue of Art Lover 1 (November/December 1945) as cat.

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957.

1989: Extended loan for use by Carla Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1993: Extended loan for use by Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1993-

2006: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Al Hoffman, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006-2009.

2010: American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no cat.

2015: Le Douanier Rousseau: L'innocence archaïque, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Národní galerie v Praze, Prague, 2015-2017 (shown only in Paris), no. 56, repro.

Bibliography

1945: "Antiques for the Country House." Antiques 48 (August 1945): 72.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 140, repro., as by Unknown American.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 284, repro., as by Unknown American.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 414, repro., as 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: 319, color repro. 320.