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Painter:
Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb 1816-1868  Search this
Subject:
Columbus, Christopher  Search this
Isabella the Catholic  Search this
Ferdinand, King  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn New York 11238 Accession Number: 77.220
Date:
1843
Notes:
"Recent Acquisitions," Miami, FL: Mann Galleries, 1974, pg. 1-2.
Groseclose, Barbara S., "Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: freedom is the only king," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, no. 30.
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 757.
Carbone, Teresa A., "An American view: masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum 2006, pg. 50.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979.
Bullard, Henry S., 1982.
Image on file.
Groseclose, Barbara S., "Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: freedom is the only king," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, fig. 9.
Antiques (Nov. 1974): pg. 822.
"Recent Acquisitions," Miami, FL: Mann Galleries, 1974, pg. 2.
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pl. 34.
Carbone, Teresa A., "An American view: masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum," Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum 2006, pg. 51.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979, pg. 78.
(Lower right:) E Leutze - 1843 signed
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Summary:
Columbus appealing to the King and Queen; she is looking away from Columbus, holding her hand to her head. The room is full of people.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Other--Explorer  Search this
Occupation--Transportation--Navigator  Search this
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Other--Aristocrat  Search this
History--Exploration--Spain  Search this
History--Exploration--Americas  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61310001
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_81645