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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR63.5530
People
Franz von Lenbach, German (Schrobenhausen, Germany 1836 - 1904 Munich, Germany)
Title
Tina Joest
Other Titles
Former Title: Portrait of an Elderly Lady
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1899
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222916

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on composition board
Dimensions
entire composition board: 77.4 x 71.8 cm (30 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.)
visible oval section of board: 76 x 70.2 cm (29 15/16 x 27 5/8 in.)
framed: 98.4 x 92.3 x 6 cm (38 3/4 x 36 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower right, F. Lenbach / 1899
  • inscription: frame, verso, upper center, stenciled numbers in black or brown ink : 12000139
  • inscription: composition board, verso, upper left, graphite: W.V.Schevill
  • inscription: composition board, verso, center, black chalk or crayon: 2244 [underlined] / 45
  • inscription: composition board, verso, center, white chalk or crayon: 4801 [underlined, also crossed-out with black chalk or crayon] / 45 [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Valentine Schevill, bequest; to William E. Schevill, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1963.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of William E. Schevill
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
BR63.5530
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sonja Mehl, Franz von Lenbach in der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, Prestel Verlag (Munich, Germany, 1980), p. 160 under cat. 319
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Verification Level

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