Neptune Troy
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1800
MediumTempera on wood
DimensionsOverall: 13 7/8 x 22 in. (35.2 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.6
Not on view
DescriptionTempera on panel painting. Angry islanders pursue the man-of-war Neptune Troy, perhaps illustrating a South Seas tale from a novel or recent headlines.Label TextNeptune Troy, ca. 1800 American Tempera on wood A Rescue After the Squall, ca. 1840 American Oil on canvas Adventure on the high seas captured the imaginations of many Americans, and paintings brought these exciting stories to life. In the picture above, angry islanders pursue the man-of-war Neptune Troy, perhaps illustrating a South Seas tale from a novel or recent headlines. Greater peril faces the sailors below, who row at night through violent waves to save a comrade clinging to the wreckage of a destroyed ship. Painters of such scenes likely worked from prints and had little personal experience with sea travel. Gifts of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.6 and 76.53.30 ProvenanceGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 1976.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Democratic Designs: American Folk Paintings from the Chrysler Museum," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, August 16, 2014 - April 5, 2015.
