Ralph Izard, Mr. and Mrs. (Alice Delancey), (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815
Subject
Izard, Ralph
Izard, Ralph, Mrs. (Alice Delancey)
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Bilodeau, Francis W., "Art in South Carolina, 1670-1970," Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 53.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 179.
Saunders, Richard H., and Ellen G. Miles, "American Colonial Portraits 1700-1776," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, 1987, pg. 245.
"A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2010, fig. 121.
Image on file.
Bilodeau, Francis W., "Art in South Carolina, 1670-1970," Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970, p. 64.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 53.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 179.
Saunders, Richard H., and Ellen G. Miles, "American Colonial Portraits 1700-1776," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, 1987, pg. 245.
"A New World Imagined: Art of the Americas," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2010, fig. 121.
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Summary
Portrait of Ralph Izard seated across a table from his wife, a document held atop the table in his left hand. His wife leans across the table, her left hand reaching out toward the document. In the background there is drapery on the right, a column and urn on the left, and a statue of a male and female figure embracing in the middle. In the far distance there is a landscape with architectural ruins on a distance hilltop.
1775
Control number
IAP 20490300
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 03.1033
Title
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard (1742-1804) (Alice DeLancey) (ca. 1746-1832), (painting)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Portrait group--Family--Spouses
Portrait male--Knee length
Portrait female--Knee length
Architecture--Monument--Statue
Landscape
Object--Written Matter
Architecture--Ruins
Record ID
siris_ari_264090
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