Lot Essay
RELATED WORKS:
Artist's Studio. The Critic., pen and ink on paper, 14 5/8 x 16 3/16in., Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
RELATED LITERATURE:
B. Gold, "Alfred Jacob Miller: 19th Century Artist", Maryland, (Spring 1973), p. 28, illus. of related drawing
R. Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, p. 434, no. 893-3
Although Alfred Jacob Miller achieved artistic prominence with his romantic images of the American West, he also produced a number of portraits and genre scenes, based on literary sources as well as everyday life. Artist's Studio--The Critic is a fine example of the latter--a woman sweeping a studio floor has stopped to examine an easel painting. Because of stylistic similarities between this work and The Marchioness, this picture can be dated circa 1840.
Artist's Studio. The Critic., pen and ink on paper, 14 5/8 x 16 3/16in., Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
RELATED LITERATURE:
B. Gold, "Alfred Jacob Miller: 19th Century Artist", Maryland, (Spring 1973), p. 28, illus. of related drawing
R. Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, p. 434, no. 893-3
Although Alfred Jacob Miller achieved artistic prominence with his romantic images of the American West, he also produced a number of portraits and genre scenes, based on literary sources as well as everyday life. Artist's Studio--The Critic is a fine example of the latter--a woman sweeping a studio floor has stopped to examine an easel painting. Because of stylistic similarities between this work and The Marchioness, this picture can be dated circa 1840.