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Hills no. 3.3.7
The Savoyard Boy
Alternate titles: possibly Een Savoijaard [A Savoyard]); possibly Savoyard; possibly The Savoyard; possibly The Young Savoyard; Savoyard Boy
1853
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil on canvas mounted on Masonite-like board
34 7/8 x 27 7/8 in. (88.6 x 70.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson./Hague 1853; upper right quadrant, incised in wall behind vine: E. Johnson
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Provenance
Private collection
Private collection (same as above)
Exhibitions
Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Tentoonstelling door de Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen te Rotterdam, 1854, no. 137, [possibly, as Een Savoijaard (A Savoyard)].
National Academy of Design, New York, March 14–May 10, 1856, no. 194, [possibly, as The Savoyard, for sale].
Washington Art Association, Washington, D.C., First Annual Exhibition, 1857. (Exhibition catalogue: Washington Art Association 1857), no. 78, [possibly, as The young Savoyard, owner G. W. Riggs, Esq.]
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as Savoyard].
References
Washington Art Association. Catalogue of the Works of Art Comprising the First Annual Exhibition. Washington, DC: Printed at Polkinhorn's Steam Job Office, 1857. Exhibition catalogue (1857 Washington Art Association), p. 5, no. 78 [possibly, as The young Savoyard, owner G. W. Riggs, Esq.]
Tuckerman, Henry T. Book of the American Artists: American Artist Life. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867, p. 633 [possibly, as Savoyard Boy].
Mr. Belmont's Collection, Exhibited and Sold. New York: Leavitt Art Rooms, November 12, 1872. Sale catalogue, p. 17, no. 36 [possibly, as The Savoyard, by Eastman Johnston (sic)], by Eastman Johnston [sic].
Walton, William. "Eastman Johnson, Painter." Scribner's Magazine 40 (September 1906), p. 268 [possibly, as Savoyard].
Selby, Mark. "An American Painter: Eastman Johnson." Putnam's Monthly 2 (August 1907), p. 535 [possibly, as The Savoyard].
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Eastman Johnson: American Genre Painter." The International Studio 34 (April 1908), p. 110 [possibly].
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 12, addendum “Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as The Savoyard].
MacGibeny, Abigael. "Eastman Johnson, 'America’s Rembrandt,' Was Nurtured by His Experience in Europe." the low countries (Belgium and The Netherlands), November 16, 2021, illus., as The Savoyard Boy.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 1998-04-07
Examination notes: Glazing used (transparent dark tones over light). Dark brown in folds of coat.
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Record last updated September 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Savoyard Boy, 1853 (Hills no. 3.3.7)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=23 (accessed on March 16, 2025).