Painting

Title:

Sarah Thompson

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1979.020.07

Creator:

Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)Artist

Place of Origin:

Munich, Germany

Date:

1797

Description:

Portrait of Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford (1774-1852), by Moritz Kellerhoven (1758-1830), 1797. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Bust-length portrait of a woman, facing right, head turned toward viewer. Sitter has long dark curly hair, worn down, and blue eyes. Wearing a Empire-Style, lace-trimmed white gown, with a white scarf tied in hair. Gray background. Brown painted spandrels. Label pasted frame reverse reads: "This is a fine painting by / Kellerhoph, of Countess Sarah / Rumford, the Count's Daughter. / (Present time & place, Concord / 3d June 1852)." Unsigned. Nameplate on frame: "Countess Rumford / Kellerhoven". Gilded gesso over wood frame, bay leaves exterior, foliate scroll, flowers and fruit on four corners of liner, twisted rope interior molding and oval window.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-26.8 W-24 inches

Provenance:

Originally owned by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, who bequeathed her collection of family portraits to her cousin Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913) in 1852. The portraits then passed to his son Charles R. Walker (1852-1922), and to his grandson Sheafe Walker, the donor.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Sheafe Walker

People:

Rumford, Rumford, Countess, Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852), Walker, Joseph Burbeen (1822-1913), Walker, Sheafe (1888-1978), Walker, Charles R. (1852-1922), Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)

Subjects:

Sarah, Thompson, Portrait paintings, Philanthropists, Society women