Previous custodian or 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.

Artist

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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1896-1897

Accession Number

F1906.72

Topic

music

drum

lyre

United States

American Art

Origin

United States

Medium

Oil on wood panels

Dimensions

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

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Type

Painting