Painting

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1979.020.13.2

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1800-1850

Description:

Landscape painting, untitled, unknown artist, 1800-1850. Oil on paper. One of four views of the English gardens in Munich, Germany. A view of the Count Rumford monument from the opposite side of 1979.020.13.1. Large stone monument with square base, side scrolls, and pedimented top. Large circular bust of Count Rumford in profile under the entablature. Four figures at the base of the monument; man with red coat center foreground looking at monument; woman standing center middle ground with yellow skirt, blue top, and red hat; child sits at the base wearing a brown suit; a woman sits to the left wearing a red top, blue skirt, and white daycap. Trees to the right foreground and background. Unsigned. Paper and ink label on the reverse: "(Concord 30. June 1852) / This is one side of the representation of a / monument erected to Count Rumford many years / before his death - he being ill & in Italy at / the time & thought to be dangerously ill." Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-7.25 W-11.25 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:

Count Rumford

Subjects:

Count Rumford Monument, Gardens, Munich, Germany, Monuments, Monuments & memorials