Jacob Leander Loose
Artist
August Benziger
(American, 1867 - 1955)
Date1913
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 59 5/8 × 39 7/8 inches (151.45 × 101.28 cm)
Framed: 72 3/8 × 52 5/8 × 2 inches (183.83 × 133.67 × 5.08 cm)
Framed: 72 3/8 × 52 5/8 × 2 inches (183.83 × 133.67 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ella C. Loose
Object number45-70/83
SignedSigned lower right: A Benziger
InscribedInscribed on verso lower left: Jacob L. Loose / born June 17th 1850 at Greencastle, Pa. / Painted by A. Benziger / August 1913 at Brunnen / Switzerland
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceElla Clark Loose (Mrs. Jacob L. Loose, 1860-1945), Kansas City, MO and Washington, DC, by 1945 [1];
Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1945.
[1] Loose was noted for her jewelry collection; many objects were purchased during her frequent travel overseas.
August Benziger, Portraits of Great Men and Women of Our Time
(New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, and Crawford, 1917), 44.
(New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, and Crawford, 1917), 44.
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