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30.4 Euro Portraits, Women, Unidentified
The women in these portraits have not yet been identified by name. However, the paintings are known to have been done in Europe based on factors including their inscribed dates and clues to the sitters' identities. Johnson studied and worked in Europe (in Düsseldorf, The Hague, and briefly in Paris) from 1849 to 1855. —AM
Hills no. 30.4.1
Russian Ambassador's Wife
1852
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil on panel
13 x 11 in. (33 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and dated: 1852
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2021: This painting was offered for sale by Stan. V. Henkels in 1917 as part of the pair Russian Ambassador and Wife. It is described in the catalogue as being signed 1852, when Johnson was working in The Hague. It is possible that the subject is the wife of Johann Georg Friedrich Franz von Maltitz (1794–1857), who was Russian ambassador to The Netherlands in The Hague at least 1851–1853.
Provenance
Thomas Biggs Harned, Esq., by 1917
[Stan. V. Henkels, Auction Commission Merchant, Philadelphia, May 28 and 29, 1917, The Valuable Collection of Paintings Belonging to Thomas B. Harned, Esq., no. 56 (offered as part of a pair: Russian Ambassador and Wife)]
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Stan V. Henkels 1917
The Valuable Collection of Paintings Belonging to Thomas B. Harned, Esq. Philadelphia: Stan V. Henkels, Auction Commission Merchant, May 28–29, 1917. Sale catalogue, p. 12 (as part of Russian Ambassador and Wife, two pieces).Related work
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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. "Russian Ambassador's Wife, 1852 (Hills no. 30.4.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1674 (accessed on April 19, 2024).