Portrait of a Brother and Sister
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1790
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (64.8 x 80 cm)
Overall, Frame: 36 1/4 x 38 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (92.1 x 97.8 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 36 1/4 x 38 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (92.1 x 97.8 x 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number74.6.3
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting of a young girl and boy; the girl holds three flowers in her left hand and her younger brother's wrist with her right hand. They are framed by a red curtain. There is a blue vase with flowers on a shelf behind them.Label TextPortrait of a Brother and Sister, ca. 1790 American Oil on canvas Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 74.6.3 ProvenanceGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to Chrylser Museum of Art, 1974.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.Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN ART IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM (Norfolk, VA: 1976), p. 55, ill. THE GIFT OF AMERICAN NAIVE PAINTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR WILLIAM AND BERNICE CHRYSLER GARBISCH (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1975), ill. p. 27 Arthur and Sybil Kern, "Jonathan Budington: Facemaker," FOLK ART, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Fall 1997): 47-49, Note 31, p. 49; color ill. p. 47.
