Lot 39
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Provenance:
H.B.M. Hartley, Connecticut.
Mrs. H.W. Chamberlain (granddaughter of H.B.M. Hartley), Ottawa.
Sotheby’s Canada, auction, Toronto, October, 1973, lot 86.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Literature:
Marius Barbeau, “Cornelius Krieghoff, Pioneer Painter of North America”, Toronto, 1934, page 130, listed.
“Exhibition of Paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, 1815-1872”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1934, checklist.
Exhibited:
Krieghoff Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Feb-Mar, 1934. Also shown at the Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March-April, 1934.
Note:
Painted circa 1854-55.
Barbeau states that this canvas seems to have been Krieghoff’s first venture in a new direction, as a test of his progress under museum influence. While still in France, he had Louise, his wife, pose in a pretty Italian costume, “a red bodice nicely moulding her bust and waist, with plaited white chemisette, apron and a fine headdress, deep blue and red.” Barbeau points out that the identification as Louise is his.