Painter:

Tack, Augustus Vincent 1870-1949  Search this

Subject:

Schirmer, Gustave, Mrs. (Grace May Tilton)  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 54.597

Date:

1907

Notes:

"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.

Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 272.

Summary:

Portrait of Mrs. Gustave Schirmer seated at her desk, her body turned to the right, her head turned toward the viewer, her arms resting on a letter atop the desk, and her right hand holding a pen. She wears a dark dress adorned with ruffled lace sleeves and bows. In the background there is patterned wallpaper.

Topic:

Portrait female--Full length  Search this

Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this

Recreation--Leisure--Letter Reading & Writing  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Letter  Search this

Object--Other--Writing Tool  Search this

Control number:

IAP 20490846

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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