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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
Hills no. 44.2.3
Baur no. 351
Seated Study of M. D.
Alternate titles: Mr. D.; Portrait of Mr. D.; Study of Mr. D.
c.1849–55
Graphite on brown wove paper
9 3/16 x 7 in. (23.3 x 17.8 cm)
Inscribed center right in graphite: M.D.; lower right verso in graphite, by a later hand: Eastman Johnson/Mr. Rosenthal Collection
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: Both this portrait and The Young Doctor are titled Mr. D. in Baur 1940, although the sitters appear to be different people. The confusion likely stemmed from records that John I. H. Baur consulted at the Frick Art Reference Library that were corrected later.
Provenance
Likely Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, by 1935 (likely by purchase from Mrs. Johnson in 1915)
[American Art Association, New York, until 1935]
John Davis Hatch, 1935 (by purchase)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1938 University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Drawings by American Artists, from the collection of John Davis Hatch, Jr., May 15–31, 1938. (Exhibition catalogue: University of Pittsburgh 1938), unnumbered, as Portrait of Mr. D. lent by John Davis Hatch, Jr.References
Evening Star 1937
"Art Periods in Collection: American Talent is Represented in Showing at Print Rooms of Phillips Memorial Gallery—Better Drawing Has Welcome as Tide Appears to Be Turning." Evening Star (Washington, DC), February 20, 1937, p. B-3, as "'Mr. D.'—labeled by the artist—'M. D.'".University of Pittsburgh 1938
Drawings by American Artists from the collection of John Davis Hatch, Jr. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1938. Exhibition catalogue (1938 University of Pittsburgh), n.p. (1), unnumbered (8), as Portrait of Mr. D.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. 76, no. 351, as Mr. D.Sitter Biography
Sitter: D., M.
Biography:
M. D. (life dates unknown). Further identification pending.
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Record last updated April 4, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Seated Study of M. D., c.1849–55 (Hills no. 44.2.3)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1202 (accessed on April 27, 2024).