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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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Man with a Moustache, c.1849–51 (Hills no. 44.2.1). Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s Unknown photographer NPG Ax17206 © National Portrait Gallery, London
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
Unknown photographer
NPG Ax17206
© National Portrait Gallery, London
[ 44.2 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men, Unidentified ]info
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44.2 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men, Unidentified

The men in these portraits have not yet been identified by name. However, the drawings are known or believed to have been done in Europe based on evidence including their inscriptions, clues to the sitters' identities, and the appearance of the sitters and style of the drawings when images are available. Johnson studied and worked in Europe (in Düsseldorf, The Hague, and briefly in Paris) from 1849 to 1855. —AM

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Hills no. 44.2.1
Baur no. 329
Man with a Moustache
Alternate titles: Eugene Leutze (?) [sic]; Head, Man with Mustache; Portrait of Leutze? [sic]
c.1849–51
Locale: Likely Düsseldorf, Germany
Charcoal heightened with white on brown paper
12 x 10 3/4 in. (30.5 x 27.3 cm)
Inscribed lower left: Head, Man with Mustache [sic]; lower right, in Albert Rosenthal's hand: E. Leutze Rosenthal Col.
Present whereabouts unknown
Description / Remarks

MacGibeny, 2022: Owner Albert Rosenthal's inscription "E. Leutze" seems likely to refer to German American artist Emanuel Leutze, who had a moustache. Johnson worked in Leutze's studio and portrayed his son Eugene Leutze in Düsseldorf. See the linked image of his carte-de-visite for his likeness.

Provenance
Likely Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, until 1939 (likely by purchase from Mrs. Johnson in 1915)
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Baur 1940
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 75, no. 329, as Eugene Leutze (?) [sic].
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Leutze, Emanuel
Biography:

Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868). German-American history painter; Düsseldorf Academy student and private instructor in whose studio Johnson worked on Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware in 1851.

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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. "Man with a Moustache, c.1849–51 (Hills no. 44.2.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1030 (accessed on April 18, 2024).