Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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03.3 Euro Peasant Types, Children, and Adolescents
Since the sixteenth century European artists have brought ordinary people and children into their studios to model for them. The resulting paintings are often “types” that would appeal to the market. Johnson painted such works, especially in the Hague, where he went to study Rembrandt and the Old Dutch Masters in 1851. —PH
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].
Published 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)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=26 (accessed on May 26, 2022).