"Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?"

Provenance

Acquired from the artist 1901 by William A. Clark [1839-1925];[1] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] Dana H. Carroll, "Catalogue of Objects of Fine Arts and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue" (1925, unpublished manuscript, Corcoran Archives), pt. I, 106. According to the catalogue entry, the painting was “purchased direct from the Artist, 1901.”

"Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?"

Abbey, Edwin Austin

1896-1899; reworked 1900

Accession Number

2014.136.19

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 121.92 × 121.92 cm (48 × 48 in.) | framed: 158.12 × 158.12 × 13.97 cm (62 1/4 × 62 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)