Medieval Art
Artist
Edwin Howland Blashfield
(American, 1848 - 1936)
Date1936
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 72 1/4 × 48 inches (183.52 × 121.92 cm)
Framed: 86 × 59 inches (218.44 × 149.86 cm)
Framed: 86 × 59 inches (218.44 × 149.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Henry W. Ranger Fund of The National Academy of Design
Object number38-13
SignedSigned and dated lower right: E. H. Blashfi eld / 1936
On View
Not on viewCollections
Published ReferencesEdward Alden Jewell, “The Old Familiar Faces: National Academy
Opens 111th Annual Exhibition—Work by Invited Artists,” New
York Times, 22 March 1936, X8; Catalogue of the One Hundred
and Eleventh Annual Exhibition, exh. cat. (New York: National
Academy of Design, 1936), 20 (as Mediaeval Art); The Works of
Edwin Howland Blashfi eld (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,
1937), unpaginated; National Academy Bulletin, no. 3 (New York:
National Academy of Design, 1937), 14 (as Mediaeval Art); “Nelson
Gallery Month’s Masterpiece,” Kansas City Journal-Post, 7 August
1938, 6B; “Midwestern Interest in Art Flares in Times of Controversy,” Kansas City Star, 2 September 1938, 15; Henry Ward
Ranger Centennial Exhibition Sponsored by the National Academy
of Design and the Smithsonian Institution, exh. cat. (New York:
National Academy of Design, 1958), 33.
Opens 111th Annual Exhibition—Work by Invited Artists,” New
York Times, 22 March 1936, X8; Catalogue of the One Hundred
and Eleventh Annual Exhibition, exh. cat. (New York: National
Academy of Design, 1936), 20 (as Mediaeval Art); The Works of
Edwin Howland Blashfi eld (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,
1937), unpaginated; National Academy Bulletin, no. 3 (New York:
National Academy of Design, 1937), 14 (as Mediaeval Art); “Nelson
Gallery Month’s Masterpiece,” Kansas City Journal-Post, 7 August
1938, 6B; “Midwestern Interest in Art Flares in Times of Controversy,” Kansas City Star, 2 September 1938, 15; Henry Ward
Ranger Centennial Exhibition Sponsored by the National Academy
of Design and the Smithsonian Institution, exh. cat. (New York:
National Academy of Design, 1958), 33.
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