Lot 112
  • 112

Eastman Johnson 1824-1906

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Eastman Johnson
  • The Hollander - Amsterdam
  • signed with initials E.J. and dated 1854, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 1/4 by 20 1/2 in.
  • 64 by 52 cm.

Provenance

(Sale:  American Art Galleries, New York, February 26 and 27, 1907, no. 67, the Estate Sale of the work of Eastman Johnson)

Condition

Canvas not lined. The surface is in fairly good condition; some thin areas on the jacket, possibly due to overcleaning. Under UV light: the varnish is unevenly opaque; some old inpainting on the jacket and newer retouches at center left, in the background.
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Catalogue Note

Professor Patricia Hills writes of this painting:  "This character study is typical of the painting Johnson did when living in the Netherlands in the early 1850s.  He admired Rembrandt and liked painting elderly men emerging from a dark background of luminous shadows....
"Cogswell", written on a label on the back refers to a relative of Johnson's, who purchased several painting from the Estate Sale" (see above).

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work by Patricia Hills.