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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H600
People
Unidentified Artist
John Winthrop (1588-1649)
Title
John Winthrop (1588-1649)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1660-1690
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304998

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.7 x 61 cm (29 x 24 in.)
framed: 95.9 x 82.6 x 4.5 cm (37 3/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.l: JOHN GOVERNOR OF; u.r.: MASACHUSETTS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Robert Winthrop, representing the Winthrop family, to Harvard University, 1964

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Robert Winthrop, representing the Winthrop family, to Harvard University, 1964
Object Number
H600
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Louisa Dresser, XVIIth Century Painting in New England, exh. cat., Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, MA, 1935), p. 158
  • Lawrence Shaw Mayo, The Winthrop Family in America, Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, MA, 1948), pp. 11-33
  • Harvard University, Winthrop Family Portraits at Harvard: John Winthrop House, Harvard University, brochure (Cambridge, MA, April 1956), p. 3, ill. opp. p. 2
  • Annals of America, Encyclopaedia Britannica (Chicago, IL, 1968 - 1969), vol. I
  • Andrew Oliver, Ann Millspaugh Huff, and Edward W. Hanson, Portraits in the Massachusetts Historical Society: An Illustrated Catalogue with Descriptive Matter, Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, MA, 1988), p. 125
  • Dorothy B. Wexler, Reared in a Greenhouse: The Stories, and Story of, Dorothy Winthrop Bradford, Garland Publishers, Inc. (New York, NY and London, England, 1998), pp. 4-5, ill.
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 21, 369, 504, cat. 468, ill.

Verification Level

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