Harvard Art Museums > 1948.15.5: Study for the Portrait of Robert W. DeForest Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for the Portrait of Robert W. DeForest (Cecilia Beaux) , 1948.15.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229485. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1948.15.5 People Cecilia Beaux, American (Philadelphia, PA 1855 - 1942 Philadelphia, PA) Title Study for the Portrait of Robert W. DeForest Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1916 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229485 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvasboard Dimensions 20.2 x 12.3 cm (7 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: back of board, black ink, in artist's hand: Sketch of / Mr. [ ] de Forest / president of the / Metropolitan Museum. / C.B. / Portrait owned by family. Provenance Recorded Ownership History By descent from the artist to her nephew, Dr. Cecil K. Drinker; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Cecil K. Drinker Accession Year 1948 Object Number 1948.15.5 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description DeForest was president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1913-1931. The finished work hangs in the boardroom of the Community Service Society of NYC. Publication History The Paintings and Drawings of Cecilia Beaux, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA, 1955), p. 41 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 40, cat. no. 10 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
