Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
print this page
« previous // return to Catalogue // next »

Catalogue Entry

enlarge
Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby’s, Inc. © 2021
31.5 U.S. Portraits, Children and Adolescents

Johnson’s portraits of children and adolescents were often part of a larger commission to paint whole families. In some instances, the children had died and their parents wished to have a reminder of their loved ones. —PH

View all works in this theme »

Hills no. 31.5.16
1907 Sale no. 14
May Valentina Stern
1907 Sale title: The Countess of Suffolk [incorrect]
Alternate titles: Head of a Child; Portrait of a Young Girl; Young Girl
c.1886
Oil on canvas
14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Initialed lower left in red: E.J.
loading
Record last updated December 9, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "May Valentina Stern, c.1886 (Hills no. 31.5.16)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=792 (accessed on March 28, 2024).