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Painting (Portrait)
Child in Blue
John Hesselius
1720-1750
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Hesselius (Painter)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1960.0258 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
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Object Number
1960.0258 A
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Child in Blue
Category
Paintings - Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Collection
Creator (Role)
John Hesselius (Painter)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Previously attributed to an English artist.
Date
1720-1750
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Allegory
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
35.2 (H) x 29.3 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
89.5 (H) x 74.3 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Bedaux, Jan Baptist & Ekkart, Rudi. 2000 Pride and Joy: Children's Portraits in the Netherlands 1500-1700.
Book: Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See p. 311, pl. xxxix, nos. 46 and 47.Book: Doud, Richard Keith. 1963 John Hesselius: His Life and Work.
Book: Johnston, Sona K. 1983 American Paintings 1750-1900 from the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
• See pp. 79-81.Book: Postle, Martin. 1995 Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures.
Article: Doud, Richard Keith. 1969 "John Hesselius, Maryland Limner". Winterthur Portfolio. 5: 129-153.