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19.0 Children and Artisans
The artisan teaching or showing his skills to children is a common theme in both European and American genre painting. The passing of knowledge from generation to generation had great appeal to those interested in the stability of community. —PH
Hills no. 19.0.4
Rustic Violinist with Little Girl
Alternate title: Rustic Violinist and Little Girl
1868
Oil on board
15 3/8 x 13 in. (39.1 x 33 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson 68
Provenance
[Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, April 19, 1972, Important 18th and 19th Century American Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors & Sculpture, lot 41 (as Rustic Violinist With Little Girl)]
Private collection, April 19, 1972 (by purchase)
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Benson 1868
Benson, Eugene. "Eastman Johnson." The Galaxy 6, no. 1 (July 1868), pp. 110–12 illus. caption "From a Painting by Eastman Johnson".Magazine of History 2005
[Image reproduction]. Magazine of History (Bloomington, IN) 19, no. 4 (July 2005), as Rustic Violinist and Little Girl.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1972-01
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Record last updated July 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Rustic Violinist with Little Girl, 1868 (Hills no. 19.0.4)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=163 (accessed on April 29, 2024).