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Woman with Two Children by a Window
Eastman Johnson1859
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
In the 1840s Eastman Johnson studied in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Johnson also studied the work of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish masters in The Hague before ending his European travels in Paris, studying with the academic painter Thomas Couture in 1855. He spent the rest of his career in America. He is best known for his genre scenes and portraits.
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- Title: Woman with Two Children by a Window
- Creator: Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906)
- Date Created: 1859
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1884; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: charcoal on brown paper
- Inscriptions: [Initals and date] Lower right: E.J. 59
- Geography: Place of Origin: United States
- Exhibitions: The American Artist as Painter and Draftsman. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2001.
- Dimensions: H: 7 11/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (19.5 x 15.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Willian T. Walters, before 1884
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1414
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