Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Hills no. 3.3.4
Baur no. 2 / 1907 Sale no. 72
A Brabant Peasant
Alternate titles: possibly Holland Peasant; Dutch Burgher
1853
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil on academy board
28 x 23 1/2 in. (71.1 x 59.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson. Hague 1853
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Description/Remarks
Kende Galleries sale catalogue, 1943: "Bust-length portrait of a boy in a brown coat and greenish blue cap, his arms brought across his body. Seen in front of a lighted background."
1907 Estate Sale 
No. 72: "The head and shoulders, rather larger than life, of a young Dutch peasant boy in Rembrandtesque effect of light. He wears a curious velvet cap with gold tassel and a loose brown jacket. The arms are folded across the breast, the left hand slightly raised. In the background is the suggestion of a landscape."
"Signed at the lower right, E. Johnson, Hague, 1873 [sic]
Height, 28 inches; width, 23 ½ inches."
[Annotation: “47.50 Cogswell”; “1873” marked out and “1853” inserted]
"Signed at the lower right, E. Johnson, Hague, 1873 [sic]
Height, 28 inches; width, 23 ½ inches."
[Annotation: “47.50 Cogswell”; “1873” marked out and “1853” inserted]
Provenance
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, March 12, 1904, [possibly, as Holland Peasant].
References
Catalogue of Finished Pictures, Studies, and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson, N.A. New York: American Art Association, February 1907. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 72, as A Brabant Peasant.
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), no. 2, as A Brabant Peasant.
Paintings: American, English and European Schools from the Collection of the Late Leon Hirsch, Property of Mrs. Frederic J. Merrick, and from Other Sources. New York: Kende Galleries, January 7, 1943. Sale catalogue, p. 15, no. 17, as Dutch Burgher, "Signed at the lower right, E. JOHNSON 1835 [sic] Hague. Panel: 28 1/2 x 24 inches".
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. "A Brabant Peasant, 1853 (Hills no. 3.3.4)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=26 (accessed on July 12, 2025).