Painter:

Smibert, John 1688-1751  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 64.2053

Date:

Ca. 1750

Notes:

"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.

Foote, Henry Wilder, "John Smibert, painter; with a descriptive catalogue of portraits, and notes on the work of Nathaniel Smibert," Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1950, p. 231.

Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 253.

Summary:

Scene depicting Andromache and Hector standing in a portico, with their attendants behind them, Andromache handing their child to Hector.

Topic:

Mythology--Classical--Hector  Search this

Mythology--Classical--Andromache  Search this

Control number:

IAP 20490777

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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