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Jouett, Matthew Harris,
Portrait male -- Grimes, John
Occupation -- Art
Painting
John Grimes (1804-1837), (painting).
Artist:
Jouett, Matthew Harris, 1787/88-1827, painter.
Title:
John Grimes (1804-1837), (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1824.
Medium:
Oil on wood.
Dimensions:
28 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (71.8 x 55.2 cm).
Description:
Portrait of John Grimes with his face turned to face the viewer. Light from the right casts the left side of his face in shadow.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Grimes, John -- Bust
Occupation -- Art -- Painter
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 95.23
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Jouett, Matthew Harris, 1827.
Menefee, Richard H., Mrs. (Sarah Bell Jouett), Louisville, Kentucky by 1893-1895.
Remarks:
For additional information see: "John Grimes, Alabama's First Portrait Painter," by Edward Pattillo published in "Alabama Heritage (Winter 2002).
References:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
Gardner & Feld, "American Ptgs," Metropolitan Museum,. Vol. I, 1965, pg. 185.
Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 367.
Pennington, Estill Curtis, "Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802-1920," Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2011, pg. 85.
Illustration:
Coll. Catalog, "American Paintings," Vol. I, pg. 185.
Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 367.
Pennington, Estill Curtis, "Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802-1920," Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2011, pg. 85.
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 36120157
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