Object Details
- Artist
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921
- Publication Label
- Abbott Handerson Thayer is recognized today for his ethereal angels, portraits of woman and children, landscapes, and delicate flower paintings. Angel is both a portrait of his daughter Mary at age eleven and an allegory of hope and spirituality. Thayer manipulated the paint with brooms, scrapers, his fingers, and even a paint tube to achieve his effects. The Renaissance-inspired frame, called a tabernacle type, was designed specifically for this painting by American architect Stanford White.
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: Commemorative Guide. Nashville, TN: Beckon Books, 2015.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
- 1887
- Object number
- 1929.6.112
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 1/4 x 28 1/8 in. (92.0 x 71.5 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure female\waist length
- Religion\angel
- Record ID
- saam_1929.6.112
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk723bf42ac-87d4-4946-b5fd-4a69e6fdfa91
