Object photographed, and image color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Tutoring

Artist Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1750

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions11 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (30.2 x 25.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 16 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (41.3 x 36.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Object number76.53.4

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DescriptionA man in a black robe its at a table and tutors a young boy. He is rocking a cradle holding a baby with his foot. There is a cat sitting in front of an open window.
Label TextUnknown American Tutoring, ca. 1750 Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.4Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. Published References"The Gift of American Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch," (Chrysler Museum: Norfolk, VA, 1975). Dennis R. Anderson, "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," (Chrysler Museum: Norfolk, VA, 1976), 67.