A Muse

Provenance

by descent to Catherine Vanderlyn (1825-1892), his niece; Judge A. Schoonmaker; by descent to Lizzy Rioggen (Mrs. William) Laughton, his daughter; Fred Johnston (c. 1963); (Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York); (Childs Gallery, Boston); purchased 2007 by NGA.

A Muse

Vanderlyn, John

1815/1818

Accession Number

2006.154.1

Medium

charcoal and white chalk heightened with white on pinkish-tan paper, squared for transfer

Dimensions

overall: 50.1 x 47 cm (19 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Monica and Hermen Greenberg Foundation in honor of Monica Lind Greenberg