Savoy Scaffolding by James McNeill Whistler https://www.nga.gov/artworks/36723-savoy-scaffolding
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 305); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 305); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Rand, New York; (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); (Wickersham, New York); Mr. and Mrs
London and Philadelphia: Harvey Miller-Heyden & Son, 1978.
Godefridus Schalcken was born in Made, a town south of Dordrecht, where his father, Cornelis Schalcken, was a minister. Schalcken’s father and his mother, Aletta Lydius, moved their family to Dordrecht in 1654 when Cornelis was appointed principal of the Latin school.
Philadelphia Museum of Art; Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art Wyeth Lecture in American Art, 2005 Friends and
1976.27.1 Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance The sitter, Philadelphia
James Peale. 1996 The Peale Family: Creation of an American Legacy, 1770-1870, Philadelphia
(Charles Sessler Rare Books, Philadelphia). Purchased 1930 by Lessing J.
received or acquired from the estate: Library of Congress, Washington, PH-59 A Philadelphia
Florida, Tampa; Duke University, Durham, NC; University of Florida, Gainesville; and Philadelphia