The Medici Collar by James McNeill Whistler https://www.nga.gov/artworks/11295-medici-collar
history & notes Artwork History Provenance Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia
history & notes Artwork History Provenance Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia
history & notes Artwork History Provenance Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia
Provenance (sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, April 1930, no.354); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Barnes Correspondence, Barnes Foundation Archives, Philadelphia (AR.ABC.1912.50)
Rosenbach Gallery); Purchased April 3, 1930 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia
In the spring of 1871 Thomas Moran traveled to the American West for the first time. Immediately upon his return, he began producing the paintings that would change the course of his career.
Born in Bolton, England, raised in Philadelphia, Moran returned to his homeland in
A prominent Pennsylvania Impressionist, Daniel Garber was best known for his landscapes, but the artist also made a number of figure studies and interiors that brought him considerable recognition, South Room – Green Street was one such painting. One of several paintings Garber made that featured his family members in their home, South Room – Green Street is the largest and most ambitious of the series.
Garber’s wife, Mary Franklin Garber, and daughter Tanis in the front parlor of their Philadelphia
Painter, 1833-1905, Brooklyn Museum of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
2008, no. 26, repro. 2017 American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent, Philadelphia
sitter’s father, and the artist’s brother, Alexander Johnston Cassatt [1839-1906], Philadelphia