The Blue Envelope, c. 1890s

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Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 10.8 x 16.5 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

framed: 20 x 26 x 1.6 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1999.79.28

Artists / Makers

John Frederick Peto (painter) American, 1854 - 1907

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Provenance

(Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York). (Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco). Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Salzer, Los Angeles. (sale, Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 13-17 June 1977, 3rd day, no. 789); purchased by (Davis & Long Co., New York) for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] bequest 1999 to NGA.

[1] Provenance information is from the donor's collection records.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1965: The Reminiscent Object, Peale House Galleries, Philadelphia; La Jolla Museum of Art; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1965, no. 51.

1968: American Art Since 1850, Maxwell Galleries Ltd., San Francisco, 1968, no. 259, repro.

2008: Feast for the Eyes: American Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2008, no cat.