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Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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[ 44.6 Euro Portrait Drawings, Groups ]info
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44.6 Euro Portrait Drawings, Groups

Only two European group portrait drawings by Johnson are known to exist; both are of children of his European patrons. These portraits remained in Europe. —PH

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Hills no. 44.6.2
Woltera Geertruida and Frederika Augusta van Limburg Stirum
Rijksmuseum title: Portret van Woltera Geertruida, Gravin van Limburg Stirum en Gravin Frederika Augusta [Portrait of Woltera Geertruida, Countess van Limburg Stirum and Countess Frederika Augusta]
1855, March
Locale: Possibly The Hague, the Netherlands
Black chalk heightened with white on paper
26 7/8 x 21 1/4 in. (68.2 x 54 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/Mch. 1855.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-T-2005-168)
Description / Remarks

RKD archive file, undated, by 2003: "Half-length, the one frontal to the right, the other turned to the left. The oldest with ringlets along the face, the youngest with tight back-combed hair. Similar dresses with square neck; star-shaped medallion pendants."

Provenance
Collection van Schuylenburch van Bommenede, Ulenpas, the Netherlands, until January 1952
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2005 (by transfer)
References
Kraan 2002
Kraan, Hans. Dreams from Holland: Foreign Artists Paint Holland, 1800–1914. The Hague: Waanders Publishers, 2002, p. 113, Johnson made portraits of the "leading families such as the Bentincks, the Fagels, the Van Limburg-Stirums and even of the Royal family (house)."
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Van Limburg Stirum, Woltera Geertruida
Biography:

Woltera Geertruida van Limburg Stirum (The Hague 1841–1877 Diepenheim). Daughter of Otto Leopold van Limburg Stirum (1801–1879) and his first wife, Aleida Hermanna Christina van der Wijck (1809–1849). Sister of Frederika Augusta (1842–1903), Wigbold Albert Willem (1845–1884), and Hendrik (1847–1902), all of whom also were portrayed by Johnson, and two others. Married Gerrit Johan Constantjin Schimmelpenninck, Lord of Diepenheim (m. 1865).

Sitter: Van Limburg Stirum, Frederika Augusta
Biography:

Frederika Augusta van Limburg Stirum (Warmond 1842–1903 The Hague). Daughter of Otto Leopold van Limburg Stirum (1801–1879) and his first wife, Aleida Hermanna Christina van der Wijck (1809–1849); sister of Woltera Geertruida (1841–1877), Wigbold Albert Willem (1845–1884), Hendrik (1847–1902), and two others. Married Willem Lodewijk van Schuylenburch, Lord of Wisch (m. 1868).

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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Woltera Geertruida and Frederika Augusta van Limburg Stirum, 1855, March (Hills no. 44.6.2)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?SystemID=1301 (accessed on April 26, 2024).