Thomas Hovenden

Study of an Old Lady

1874-1884

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Thomas Hovenden

Study of an Old Lady

Thomas Hovenden

Study of an Old Lady

1874-1884

Physical Qualities Oil on wood panel, Framed: 14 × 13 × 1 7/8 in. (35.6 × 33 × 4.8 cm.) Unframed: 6 7/16 × 5 5/16 in. (16.4 × 13.5 cm.)

Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community

Object Number 1996.45.137

Committed to recording contemporary life as seen in his Breton Woman Blowing the Dinner Horn in the first gallery, Hovenden presents in this diminutive work a starkly realistic portrayal of an unadorned, elderly woman. An inscription by Lucas on the reverse indicates that the painting was a gift from the artist.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore by bequest, 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 'Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection,' 1911, cat. #30.

BMA, 'The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute,' Oct. 12 - Nov. 21, 1965, cat. #137.

BMA, 'Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context' Aug 23 - Oct 15, 1995.

Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Inscribed: VERSO, PAINTING: C, (label, black ink), 'THOMAS Hovenden./Head painted by Thomas Hovenden/.../given me by him at the time/was pur...his...at Paris/in Cabanel's Studio'; BC, (masking tape, ink), '30'. VERSO, FRAME: TL corner, (masking tape, ink), '30'; TC, (printed label), 'Succession G.A. Lucas...N..302'; TR corner, (label), 'BMA cat./1965/#137'; BR corner, (printed label), 'Baltimore Museum of Art/Wyman Park...'; BC, (black paint), upsidedown, '30-1'