Girl with a Pitcher
Artist
George Peter Alexander Healy
(American, 1813 - 1894)
Date1837
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 25 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (64.93 x 53.82 cm)
Framed: 29 1/16 x 24 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (73.82 x 62.87 x 4.45 cm)
Framed: 29 1/16 x 24 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (73.82 x 62.87 x 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jack M. Bethards
Object number2003.31
SignedSigned and dated lower right: Geo. P.A. Healy / 1837.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionOriented vertically, the painting shows a young woman with black hair and fair skin holding a white pitcher with both hands. She is turned at three-quarter view, looking to her left. She wears a dark brown garment (robe?) and a red necklace.Published ReferencesExhibition of Paintings by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1813–
1894, upon the Centenary of His Birth, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art
Institute of Chicago, 1913), unpaginated; Exhibition of Portraits
by George P. A. Healy, exh. cat. (Louisville, Ky.: J. B. Speed Memorial Museum, 1930), unpaginated (as Girl with Pitcher); Exhibition of Paintings by George P. A. Healy, exh. checklist (Chicago:
Art Institute of Chicago, 1936), unpaginated (as Study, Girl with
Pitcher); “Healy Earned His Salt if Not Elysium,” Art Digest 10
(1 September 1936), 20; Vaughn L. Glasgow and Pamela A. Johnson, G. P. A. Healy: Famous Figures and Louisiana Patrons, exh.
cat. (New Orleans: Louisiana State Museum, 1976), 12–13.
1894, upon the Centenary of His Birth, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art
Institute of Chicago, 1913), unpaginated; Exhibition of Portraits
by George P. A. Healy, exh. cat. (Louisville, Ky.: J. B. Speed Memorial Museum, 1930), unpaginated (as Girl with Pitcher); Exhibition of Paintings by George P. A. Healy, exh. checklist (Chicago:
Art Institute of Chicago, 1936), unpaginated (as Study, Girl with
Pitcher); “Healy Earned His Salt if Not Elysium,” Art Digest 10
(1 September 1936), 20; Vaughn L. Glasgow and Pamela A. Johnson, G. P. A. Healy: Famous Figures and Louisiana Patrons, exh.
cat. (New Orleans: Louisiana State Museum, 1976), 12–13.
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