Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
enlarge
Photo: Leigh Yawkey, Woodson Art Museum
Hills no. 4.0.6
1907 Sale no. 54
Prince Rupert
Alternate title: Portrait
c.1851–55
Locale: The Netherlands
Oil on panel
16 x 18 in. (40.6 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower right: E. Johnson
Private collection, Wisconsin
loading
1907 Estate Sale 
No. 54: "The life-size study of the head of a distinguished-looking young man, smooth shaven, with short curly hair, in three-quarter view to the right, the eyes looking out of the picture. Around his neck is a broad linen ruff, and on his shoulders a dull red doublet."
"Signed at the lower right, E. Johnson.
Height, 17 inches; length, 19 inches"
[Annotation: “27.50”]
"Signed at the lower right, E. Johnson.
Height, 17 inches; length, 19 inches"
[Annotation: “27.50”]
Provenance
Private collection (possibly purchased at estate sale)
Private collection, sister of the above
Private collection, son of the above
Private collection, Wisconsin
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, as Prince Rupert.
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, February–March 2007.
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. 54 (as Prince Rupert).
Record last updated June 21, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia. "Prince Rupert, c.1851–55 (Hills no. 4.0.6)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=32 (accessed on October 25, 2021).