Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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03.3 Euro Peasant Types, Children, and Adolescents
Since the sixteenth century European artists have brought ordinary people and children into their studios to model for them. The resulting paintings are often “types” that would appeal to the market. Johnson painted such works, especially in the Hague, where he went to study Rembrandt and the Old Dutch Masters in 1851. —PH
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Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2021: Note that Walton specifically states the date of this painting as 1851, although he does not provide dates for any other paintings in his list of works made by Johnson in The Hague. The Johnson drawing My Jew Boy is inscribed 1852.
Exhibitions
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1857, no. 112, as Jew Boy, owner J. F. Cogle [sic], Washington, D.C.
Published References
Walton, William. "Eastman Johnson, Painter." Scribner's Magazine 40 (September 1906), p. 268.
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Eastman Johnson: American Genre Painter." The International Studio 34 (April 1908), p. 110, as Jew Boy.
Wallach, Alan. "Eastman Johnson's Jews." Perspectives on Eastman Johnson, National Academy of Design (New York), February 15, 2022, as Jew Boy.
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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. "Jew Boy, c.1851–52 (Hills no. 3.3.3)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1348 (accessed on May 26, 2022).