William Merritt Chase 1849-1916

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Description

William Merritt Chase
Portait of a Young Boy (Son of Karl Theodor von Piloty)
signed W.M. Chase and dated 1877, u.l.
oil on canvas
32 1/2 by 19 5/8 in.
(82.6 by 50.8 cm)

Provenance

Galerie Heinemann, Munich, Germany
Karl Theodor von Piloty (acquired from the above)
The sitter (his son)
By descent to the Estate of the sitter's grandson
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Dresden, Germany, Dresdener Kunstaussellung, 1904, no. 2040 or 2041
Leipzig, Germany, Leipziger Kunstverein, October 1907-September 1909

Literature

Katherine Metcalf Roof, The Life and Art of William Merritt Chase, New York, 1917, p.40

Catalogue Note

The present work depicts one of the five children of the well-known German genre painter Karl Theodor von Piloty, under whom Chase studied at the Royal Academy in Munich. At the request of von Piloty, Chase painted portraits of all five of his children.