LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

6.40 in. (16.25 cm.) (height) by 4.77 in. (12.12 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed with initials J. J. S. (lr)

Condition:

Wax lined. No restoration visible under UV light

Provenance:

The artist Mrs. Phylis Keigwen Mugliston, sister-in-law of the artist's daughter Stephen R. Sharp Fine Art Berry-Hill Galleries, New York Exhibiton: London, Fine Art Society, 1896 London, Leicester Galleries, 1923, no. 26 Literature: Barbara Dayer Gallati, "James Jebusa Shannon," Antiques Magazine , November, 1988, Vol. CXXIV, No. 5, pp. 1137-39, illus. Plate X Portrait of a Dutch Girl dates to 1891-1896, a period when the artist was spending his summers at the Dutch art colony of Egmond aan Zee. While Shannon's usual sitters were people of wealth and elegance, this touching likeness represents his Dutch servant, Dirkje. The artist's energized brushstroke, his descriptions of fabrics and textures, and the individualizaton of the figure are particularly telling in this image.