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The Rives Children, (painting). Artist:  Cooke, George, 1793-1849, painter. Title:  The Rives Children, (painting). Dates:  1831. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  41 1/2 x 51 in. Description:  Portrait of the three Rives boys (Robert, age 10; William Jr., age 6; and Alfred, age 1) seated in a landscape with a fountain and pool behind them and the Tuileries palace, atop which flies a French flag, in the background. Baby Alfred wears a white dress, with only one blue shoe, and sits on a bright red cloth. He points to the center. A hat is on the ground behind the red cloth. His brother, Robert, who is wearing a suit, has placed his hands around Alfred's waist. William Jr. is wearing a velvet suit and is seated on the ground, with one hand balancing him and the second hand holding Alfred's missing shoe. A multi-colored ball and stick lay on the ground in the foreground. An urn and flowers are at far right and at far left is a statue in the Tuileries garden. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings Portrait male -- Rives, Robert -- Child Portrait male -- Rives, William, Jr. -- Child Portrait male -- Rives, Alfred -- Child Cityscape -- France -- Paris Landscape -- Park -- Tuileries Gardens Architecture -- Monument -- Fountain Architecture -- Monument -- Statue Object Type:  Painting Owner:  University of Virginia, Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 Accession Number: 1973.72 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Rives, William Cabell, Castle Hill Estate, 1947. Rives, Landon, Bequest of Rives, Anthony B., References:  "The Museum, conditions & spaces: selections from the University of Virginia Art Museum," Charlottesville, VA: The Museum, 2004. Illustration:  "The Museum, conditions & spaces: selections from the University of Virginia Art Museum," Charlottesville, VA: The Museum, 2004, pg. 163. 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 60690347   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 60690347 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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