A Virgin

Object Details

• Artist

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)

• Description

  Three figure—a young girl holding two children by each hand—seen against clouds and blue sky.

• Signatures

  Signed Abbott H. Thayer, near lower right corner.

• Provenance

  From 1893 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abbott Handerson Thayer in February, 1893 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See 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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  American Art - Abbott Handerson Thayer (May 9, 1996 to June 30, 1997)

  American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)

  Special Centennial Exhibition of Thayer Paintings (August 12, 1949 to January 3, 1950)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1944 (March 23, 1944 to November 15, 1944)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

  American Paintings by Metcalf, Thayer, and Twatchman (March 23, 1925 to May 5, 1933)

  American Painting, Abbott H. Thayer (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)

  Exhibition of Paintings by Abbott H. Thayer (April 24 to May 28, 1919)

  Exhibition of Oriental and American Art Under the Joint Auspices of the Alumni Memorial Committee and the Ann Arbor Art Association (May 11 to May 30, 1910)

  104th Annual Exhibition (January 31 to March 14, 1909)

  Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists: Second Exhibition (December 8, 1908 to January 17, 1909)

  Inaugural Loan Collection of Paintings (May 31 to July 1, 1905)

  Fifteenth Annual Exhibition, Society of American Artists, 1893 (April 17 to May 13, 1893)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Grand Staircase Corridor

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Thayer, Abbott Handerson

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Family, Children

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes