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Nov 14, 2025
(American, 1824-1906)
Countess Van Stirrum, circa 1851-55, inscribed lower right "Countess Van Stirrum/The Hague", charcoal on tan paper, sight 18-3/4 x 15 in.; fine gilt wood frame, 29-3/4 x 25-3/4 x 1-1/2 in.
Provenance: Likely Eastman Johnson Estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906; Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, until 1939 (likely by purchase from Mrs. Johnson in 1915); Estate of Albert Rosenthal and Albert Duveen, New York; Albert Duveen; Albert Duveen New York and M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1946; M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by purchase of Duveen's half share; Hammer Galleries, New York, 1979
Literature: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Countess Van Stirrum [sic], c.1851–55 (Hills no. 44.3.12)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=928
Exhibited: Kennedy Galleries, New York, Charcoal Drawings of Eminent Americans by Eastman Johnson, June 1920, catalogue: no. 39, as Countess Van Stirrum [sic], "Lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Holland"; M. Knoedler & Co, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson, January 7–26, 1946, catalogue no. 22, as Countess Van Stirrum [sic] (label verso). Traveled to: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 1946.
Likely Eastman Johnson Estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906; Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, until 1939 (likely by purchase from Mrs. Johnson in 1915); Estate of Albert Rosenthal and Albert Duveen, New York; Albert Duveen; Albert Duveen New York and M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1946; M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by purchase of Duveen's half share; Hammer Galleries, New York, 1979
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