Gilbert Stuart American, 1755-1828 Portrait of Mrs. Luke White and Her Son, circa 1790 Oil on canvas, oval 30 x 24 5/8 inches Provenance: By descent in the White family in Ireland Scott & Fowles, New York, acquired from the above, 1920 Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1930 Mrs. James B. Higgin, New York, acquired from the above Wildenstein and Newhouse Gallery, New York, by 1932 Leroy Ireland, acquired at auction, circa 1940 Ernest Closuit, Fort Worth, Tx, acquired from the above, 1944 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, acquired from the above, 1959 Morton A. Kornreich, Harrison, NY, by circa 1980 Literature: Lawrence Park Gilbert Stuart An Illustrated Descriptive List of his Works, with an Account of his Life by John Hill Morgan and an Appreciation by Royal Cortissoz, New York, 1926, vol. II, p. 808, no. 904; vol. IV, p. 569, no. 904, illus.; lists the present work as a replica by Stuart after cat. no. 903, (which is today considered a copy after Stuart) Texas Monthly, Aug., 1976, p. 153, listing for Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX, which appears to have exhibited the present work This beautiful double portrait depicts Elizabeth de la Maziere, of Dublin, who married Luke White in 1781. The identity of the small boy who tenderly embraces his mother, is uncertain. Tradition held that it depicted Mrs. White's youngest son, Henry, who was created Baron Annaly in 1863, but the possibility exists that it may instead depict her second son, Samuel. A portrait described by Lawrence Park (no. 903, p. 569, vol. II) as the original from which Stuart painted the present work, presently in the permanent collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, is now believed to be a copy. It appears that the location of the original double portrait is unknown. C
A label on the reverse of the painting describes the work and identifies Wildenstein/Newhouse as part of the provenance, and indicates that the other related portrait is at the Toledo Museum of Art. Trimmed to the tacking edge and wax lined. European stretcher. The perimeter of the painted oval appears to have been reinforced. There is a repaired irregularly shaped tear with an area of inpaint roughly 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches in the background above the child's head. There are touches of inpaint in the mother's proper left eyelid, the child's proper right cheek, and the mother's hand. There are also a few very light touches of scattered inpaint in the background. A possible earlier phase or restoration is difficult to detect, but there may be some inpaint in the mother's forehead and her proper right sleeve.
Gilbert Stuart American, 1755-1828 Portrait of Mrs. Luke White and Her Son, circa 1790 Oil on canvas, oval 30 x 24 5/8 inches Provenance: By descent in the White family in Ireland Scott & Fowles, New York, acquired from the above, 1920 Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1930 Mrs. James B. Higgin, New York, acquired from the above Wildenstein and Newhouse Gallery, New York, by 1932 Leroy Ireland, acquired at auction, circa 1940 Ernest Closuit, Fort Worth, Tx, acquired from the above, 1944 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, acquired from the above, 1959 Morton A. Kornreich, Harrison, NY, by circa 1980 Literature: Lawrence Park Gilbert Stuart An Illustrated Descriptive List of his Works, with an Account of his Life by John Hill Morgan and an Appreciation by Royal Cortissoz, New York, 1926, vol. II, p. 808, no. 904; vol. IV, p. 569, no. 904, illus.; lists the present work as a replica by Stuart after cat. no. 903, (which is today considered a copy after Stuart) Texas Monthly, Aug., 1976, p. 153, listing for Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX, which appears to have exhibited the present work This beautiful double portrait depicts Elizabeth de la Maziere, of Dublin, who married Luke White in 1781. The identity of the small boy who tenderly embraces his mother, is uncertain. Tradition held that it depicted Mrs. White's youngest son, Henry, who was created Baron Annaly in 1863, but the possibility exists that it may instead depict her second son, Samuel. A portrait described by Lawrence Park (no. 903, p. 569, vol. II) as the original from which Stuart painted the present work, presently in the permanent collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, is now believed to be a copy. It appears that the location of the original double portrait is unknown. C
A label on the reverse of the painting describes the work and identifies Wildenstein/Newhouse as part of the provenance, and indicates that the other related portrait is at the Toledo Museum of Art. Trimmed to the tacking edge and wax lined. European stretcher. The perimeter of the painted oval appears to have been reinforced. There is a repaired irregularly shaped tear with an area of inpaint roughly 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches in the background above the child's head. There are touches of inpaint in the mother's proper left eyelid, the child's proper right cheek, and the mother's hand. There are also a few very light touches of scattered inpaint in the background. A possible earlier phase or restoration is difficult to detect, but there may be some inpaint in the mother's forehead and her proper right sleeve.
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