Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné

Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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Photo: Leigh Yawkey, Woodson Art Museum

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04.0 Euro Copies after European Artists

Johnson moved to The Hague in 1851. On November 20, 1851, he wrote to Andrew Warner of the American Art-Union, “I am at present . . . at the Hague, where I find I am deriving much advantage from studying the splendid works of Rembrandt & a few other of the old Dutch masters, who I find are only to be seen in Holland. I shall probably continue here a good portion of the winter" [Adapted from Hills, The Genre Painting of Eastman Johnson, pp. 40–41].
He made free copies after Rembrandt, Van Dyke, and the contemporary Belgian painter Louis Gallait. He stayed in the Netherlands until 1855 and developed a profitable career as a portrait painter. —PH

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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

Description / Remarks

Hills, 2022: Although John I. H. Baur owned and annotated a copy of the catalogue of Johnson's 1907 Estate Sale, he did not include this work in his own 1940 catalogue listing; he must have obtained it after publication.

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”]

Provenance

Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)

[The artist's estate sale, American Art Association, New York, February 26–27, 1907, no. 54 (as Prince Rupert)]

The Wurlitzer Family

Private collection (possibly by purchase at estate sale)

Private collection, sister of the above

Private collection, son of the above

Private collection, Wisconsin

Exhibitions

1907a Century Association

Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, as Prince Rupert.

2007 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, February–March 2007.

References

AAA 1907b

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).

Sitter Biography

Sitter: Rupert, Prince

Biography:

Prince Rupert of the Palatinate (1619–1682). Nephew of Charles I of England and cousin of Prince Charles.

Record last updated March 29, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Prince Rupert, c.1851–55 (Hills no. 4.0.6)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=32 (accessed on April 25, 2024).