Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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37.2 Euro Drawing Studies for Genre Paintings
In Europe, Johnson’s more serious attempts to plan out and develop oil paintings are realized, by beginning with these drawing studies. —PH
Hills no. 37.2.2r
Three Dutch Figures (Study for Doorway of a Castle in Winter)
Brooklyn Museum title: Three Dutch Figures
Alternate titles: Study for Winter Scene in Holland; Study for Winter Scene in Holland (Three Dutch Figures)
c.1851–52
Locale: The Netherlands
Graphite, watercolor and white chalk on brown, medium weight, moderately textured wove paper
6 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (16.5 x 27.6 cm)
Initialed lower left in graphite: E.J.; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite, color key, in Johnson's hand: 62 [and] 1 blk & red / 2 red / 3 blk / 4 blue; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite, not in Johnson's hand: P433-18
Verso: Walking Woman with Basket on Head [verso of Three Dutch Figures (Study for Doorway of a Castle in Winter)], c.1851–52 (Hills no. 37.1.14v)
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Description / Remarks
Brooklyn Museum website, accessed November 5, 2021: "This sheet contains preparatory figure studies for a genre painting of peasants begging for alms at the door of a castle."
Exhibitions
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, The Landscapes of Louis Rémy Mignot: A Southern Painter Abroad, October 20, 1996–January 19, 1997. (Manthorne and Coffey 1996), illus., p. 39, fig. 10. Traveled to: National Academy of Design, New York, February 20–May 11, 1997.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, Eastman Johnson: Painting America, October 29, 1999–February 6, 2000. (Exhibition catalogue: Carbone and Hills 1999), no. 6, color illus., p. 22, as Three Dutch Figures. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, February 25–May 21, 2000; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, June 8–September 10, 2000.
References
Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 Brooklyn Museum), p. 22, no. 6, illus., as Three Dutch Figures.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2019-09-17
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Record last updated November 5, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Three Dutch Figures (Study for Doorway of a Castle in Winter), c.1851–52 (Hills no. 37.2.2r)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=822 (accessed on May 4, 2024).