Catherine Greene
1769
John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
American Painting and Sculpture
Catherine Greene, 1769. John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815). Oil on canvas; framed: 145.5 x 121 x 7 cm (57 5/16 x 47 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 125.7 x 101 cm (49 1/2 x 39 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.527 Small, shimmering pearls in the woman's hair and on her sleeves add an opulent touch to this portrait.
- Maker/Artist
- Copley, John Singleton
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 145.5 x 121 x 7 cm (57 5/16 x 47 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 125.7 x 101 cm (49 1/2 x 39 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: "JSCp. 1769 [JSC in monogram]"
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1915.527
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, 64th Anniversary of Opening of Gallery, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Turkish Fashion in 18th-century America, CMA @ Oberlin - American Portraits, Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design (1915 or before?) (see R.C. Vose letter 28 June 1015).<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland School of Art, A Group of Paintings by Early American Artists (17 January - 1 February 1915).<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition (6 June - 20 September 1916), cat. no. 127, p. 38, illus. p. 251.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October, 1936), cat. no. 22, pp. 21-22.<br>Columbus, OH, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, The Colonial Americas (9 October - 9 November 1947). <br>Boston, Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., A Loan Exhibition Honoring Robert Churchill Vose on Commencing his Sixty-Fifth Year as Head of this Firm: Forty Paintings Which have Passed Through his Hands (7 - 25 March 1961), cat. no. 9.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum (6 June - 8 September 1991).<br>San Diego, CA, The Timken Museum of Art, John Singleton Copley and Margaret Kemble Gage: Turkish Fashion in 18th Century America (10 December 1998 - 11 April 1999); traveled to Canton, OH, Canton Art Museum (25 April - 13 June 1999), cat. no. 3, p. 17.<br>Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 29 - December 17, 2006): "CMA @ Oberlin - American Portraits"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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