Mother with Three Daughters
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1845
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 x 35 1/4 in. (106.7 x 89.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 x 35 1/4 in. (106.7 x 89.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.21
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 210
Label TextMother with Three Daughters, ca. 1845 American Oil on canvas Aside from a charming representation of an unknown family, this portrait serves as an exemplar of the ideals of feminine virtue which governed both the public and private lives of women of the middle and upper classes during the early nineteenth century. The mother presides over her home, while her three daughters exhibit attributes—a book, bouquet, and doll—of their training in activities which were frequently associated with women of their social class. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.21 Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Images of Childhood from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 29 - September 16, 1990. "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 62. Janet McCaffery with Nancy Lindemeyer, _A Show of Hands: Needlepoint Designs by Janet Mccaffery_ (New York: Harvest Books, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994), 12.
Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
ca. 1799
