Sophia Burpee Conant

c. 1813

The Conant Limner

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The Conant Limner

Painter, American, active c. 1813

The image depicts a woman's upper body. She is seated in a sideways position but facing forward towards the viewer. The woman has dark hair styled in an updo with ringlet curls framing her face. Her facial features include fair complexion with a slight blush on her cheeks and blue eyes. She wears a yellow dress with puffed sleeves, patterned white lace detailing on the bodice, and a high waistline. Around her neck is a black choker with a gold pendant, and she has delicate gold drop earrings. She wears a bracelet on her right wrist and holds an ornate white fan in her right hand. The background is a plain, muted blue, with a reddish-brown drapery with tassels framing the top and sides of the portrait.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. Purchased in Amherst, Massachusetts, by (Carleton L. Safford, West Granville, Massachusetts), by whom sold to (Mary Allis, Southport, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

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Exhibition History

1957

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 55.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 130, repro., as Sophia Burpee by Unknown American.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 269, repro., as Sophia Burpee by Unknown American.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 75-77, color repro. 76.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 393, repro., as Sophia Burpee by Anonymous American.

Wikidata ID

Q20183434

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