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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
Provenance
Possibly August Belmont
Possibly George Washington Riggs, Esq., Washington, D.C., by 1857 until at least 1867
[possibly George A. Leavitt & Co., New York, November 1, 1872, Mr. Belmont's Collection of Fine Modern Paintings, no. 36 (as The Savoyard)]
Private collection
Christie's, May 21, 1998, lot 35 (as The Savoyard Boy); did not sell
Private collection (same as above)
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1854 Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen
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)].1856 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, March 14–May 10, 1856, no. 194, [possibly, as The Savoyard, for sale].1856 Boston Athenaeum
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, June 1856, no. 374, [possibly, as The Savoyard].1857 Washington Art Association
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.]1907a Century Association
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as Savoyard].References
Washington Art Association 1857
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 1867
Tuckerman, Henry T. Book of the American Artists: American Artist Life. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867, p. 633 [possibly, as Savoyard Boy].Leavitt Art Rooms 1872
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 1906
Walton, William. "Eastman Johnson, Painter." Scribner's Magazine 40 (September 1906), p. 268 [possibly, as Savoyard].Selby 1907
Selby, Mark. "An American Painter: Eastman Johnson." Putnam's Monthly 2 (August 1907), p. 535 [possibly, as The Savoyard].Hartmann 1908
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Eastman Johnson: American Genre Painter." The International Studio 34 (April 1908), p. 110 [possibly].Kennedy Galleries 1920
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 2021
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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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Savoyard Boy, 1853 (Hills no. 3.3.7)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=23 (accessed on April 19, 2024).