Portrait of a Child
Eastman Johnson
American Art
Although Eastman Johnson regularly depicted his daughter, Ethel, at play, this portrait’s relatively large scale and loose application of paint was a departure from earlier work. By the late 1870s, Johnson was a well-established painter and deliberately altered his style to keep pace with a new generation of Munich-trained Realist painters known for their bravura brushwork, including William Merritt Chase.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1879
DIMENSIONS
50 15/16 x 32 in. (129.4 x 81.3 cm)
frame: 64 5/8 x 46 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (163.8 x 116.8 x 14 cm)
Ornate Frame (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower left: "E. Johnson 1879"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.108
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Charles M. Kurtz Trust
PROVENANCE
February 27, 1907, sold by the artist’s estate at American Art Association, “Finished Pictures, Studies and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson”, lot 145 (as "Girl and Sled"); between 1907 and 1909, provenance not yet documented; before 1909, acquired by Charles M. Kurtz of Buffalo, NY; February 25, 1910, sold at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, “Oil Paintings, Water Colors, and Drawings of the late Charles M. Kurtz”, lot 147; between 1910 and 1987, provenance not yet documented; before 1987, acquired by C. Sprague; by November 1987, acquired by Isabella S. Kurtz of Buffalo; 1992, gift of Isabella S. Kurtz to the Charles M. Kurtz Trust; 1992, gift of the Charles M. Kurtz Trust to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906). Portrait of a Child, 1879. Oil on canvas, 50 15/16 x 32 in. (129.4 x 81.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Charles M. Kurtz Trust, 1992.108 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.108_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1992.108_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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