Former owner

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Provenance

From 1897 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1897 [1]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file.

[2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Topic

music

drum

lyre

United States

American Art

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum

Artist

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Medium

Oil on wood panels

Dimensions

H x W: 175.7 x 153 cm (69 3/16 x 60 1/4 in)

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Origin

United States

1896-1897

Type

Painting

Accession Number

F1906.72