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Metcalf, Eliab,
Portrait male -- Metcalf, Eliab
Occupation -- Art
Painting
Eliab Metcalf (?), (painting).
Artist:
Unknown, painter.
Metcalf, Eliab, 1785-1834, painter. (formerly attributed to)
Title:
Eliab Metcalf (?), (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1815.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
26 13/16 x 21 1/16 in. (68.1 x 53.5 cm)
Description:
Waist-length portrait of a man, possibly Eliab Metcalf, with his arms crossed.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Metcalf, Eliab -- Waist length
Occupation -- Art -- Artist
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1947.17.72 (980)
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of de Forest, Augustus , Mrs. (Rose M.),
Clarke, Thomas B., New York, New York
Clarke, Thomas B., estate of,
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York Jan. 29, 1936.
A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.
Formerly thought to be a self-portrait by Eliab Metcalf.
References:
Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998.
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.
Illustration:
Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 276.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 83.
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 08600524
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