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Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb,
Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Transportation
Portrait female -- Isabella the Catholic
Portrait male -- Ferdinand, King
Occupation -- Other
History -- Exploration
History -- Exploration
Painting
Columbus Before the Queen, (painting).
Artist:
Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb, 1816-1868, painter.
Title:
Columbus Before the Queen, (painting).
Other Titles:
King Ferdinand Removing the Chains from Columbus, (painting).
Ferdinand Removing the Chains from Columbus, (painting).
Dates:
1843.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
38 9/16 x 50 15/16 in. (96.6 x 129.4 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower right:) E Leutze - 1843 signed
Description:
Columbus appealing to the King and Queen; she is looking away from Columbus, holding her hand to her head. The room is full of people.
Subject:
Portrait male
--
Columbus, Christopher
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Other
--
Explorer
Occupation
--
Transportation
--
Navigator
Portrait female
--
Isabella the Catholic
--
Full length
Portrait male
--
Ferdinand, King
--
Full length
Occupation
--
Other
--
Aristocrat
History
--
Exploration
--
Spain
History
--
Exploration
--
Americas
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Accession Number: 77.220
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Cozzens, Abraham M., New York, New York
Leavitt Art Galleries, New York, New York Sale (May 22, 1868), no. 56.
Mann Galleries, 2951 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida 33133 1974.
Sturges, Jonathan, New York, New York
Sturges, Henry Cady, New York, New York
Frier, James Henry, Mrs. (Mary C.), Fairfield, Connecticut
References:
"Recent Acquisitions," Miami, FL: Mann Galleries, 1974, pg. 1-2.
Groseclose, Barbara S., "Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: freedom is the only king," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, no. 30.
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 757.
Carbone, Teresa A., "An American view: masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum 2006, pg. 50.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979.
Bullard, Henry S., 1982.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Groseclose, Barbara S., "Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: freedom is the only king," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, fig. 9.
Antiques (Nov. 1974): pg. 822.
"Recent Acquisitions," Miami, FL: Mann Galleries, 1974, pg. 2.
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pl. 34.
Carbone, Teresa A., "An American view: masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum 2006, pg. 51.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979, pg. 78.
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 61310001
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