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Chase, William Merritt,
Figure male -- Full length
Performing Arts -- Circus
Dress -- Costume
Recreation -- Leisure
State of Being -- Other
Object -- Toy
Painting
The Jester, (painting).
Artist:
Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916, painter.
Title:
The Jester, (painting).
Other Titles:
Court Jester, (painting).
Keying Up - The Court Jester, (painting).
Dates:
1875.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
39 3/4 x 25 in. (101 x 63.5 cm)
Description:
Figure of a court jestor dressed in a red, a doll tucked under his left arm, and a small wine glss held in his left hand, as he pours himself a drink from a bottle held in his right hand.
Subject:
Figure male
--
Full length
Performing Arts
--
Circus
--
Clown
Dress
--
Costume
--
Clown
Costume
Recreation
--
Leisure
--
Eating & Drinking
State of Being
--
Other
--
Intoxicated
Object
--
Toy
--
Doll
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1969.37
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Dodd, Samuel M.,
Harper, Fletcher, Mrs.,
Ball, Thomas R.,
Gift of Chapellier Galleries,
References:
Pisano, Ronald G., "The complete catalogue of known and documented work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916); volume 4. Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, Drawings," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010, no. F.3.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 140.
Exh. Cat., American Art of the Centennial, Ncfa, 1976.
Owner, 1974. (Unpublished).
Illustration:
Image on file.
Pisano, Ronald G., "The complete catalogue of known and documented work by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916); volume 4. Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, Drawings," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010, pg. 129.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 140.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 46120790
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