Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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03.2 Euro Peasant Types, Women
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. 3.2.2
1907 Sale no. 106
The Holland Peasant Girl
Alternate title: Holland Peasant Girl
c.1851–55
Locale: The Netherlands
Oil
21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (54.6 x 44.4 cm)
Signed lower left: E. Johnson
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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. 106: "The head and shoulders of a sweet-faced Dutch maiden, with pretty, shy eyes, wearing a broad lace cap over a peculiar gold casque-like head ornament and a brown dress cut moderately low in the neck. The face is in three-quarters view to the right, and is lighted from the upper left. Her slender throat is encircled by a triple row of gold beads with an ornamental silver and jeweled clasp."
"Signed at the lower left, E. Johnson.
Height, 21 ½ inches; width, 17 ½ inches."
[Annotation: “135.00 / W. B. Cogswell”]
"Signed at the lower left, E. Johnson.
Height, 21 ½ inches; width, 17 ½ inches."
[Annotation: “135.00 / W. B. Cogswell”]
Provenance
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, as Holland Peasant Girl.
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. 106, as The Holland Peasant Girl.
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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. "The Holland Peasant Girl, c.1851–55 (Hills no. 3.2.2)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=37 (accessed on September 8, 2024).