An Artist and His Family

Provenance

(Rose M. [Mrs. Augustus] de Forest); sold 3 January 1921 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] According to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

An Artist and His Family

German 19th Century

c. 1830

Accession Number

1942.8.7

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 75 x 63.5 cm (29 1/2 x 25 in.) | framed: 97.2 x 85.7 x 7.6 cm (38 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 3 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection