Woman with a Fan

c. 1800

William Jennys

Painter, American, active 1793/1807

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. A.G. Thayer, Brookline, at least in 1895.[1] (Victor D. Spark, New York); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), by 25 July 1946;[2] purchased 19 June 1947 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Mrs.Thayer lent the painting to an 1895 exhibition; a label on the painting's frame documents the loan.
[2] M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Painting Stockbook 9, A2681-A4782, 1943 November-1952 February, page 134; the painting is stock number A3537.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1895

  • Exhibition of Portraits, Copley Hall, Boston, 1895

1959

  • Loan Exhibition. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary, Wildenstein, New York, 28 January - 7 March 1959, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1968

  • The Age of Dunlap: The Arts of the Young Republic, William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1-29 November 1968.

1972

  • Conservation in the Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 September - 22 October 1972, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 304, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46626127

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