John Hesselius
Elizabeth Calvert
1760
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 36 1/4 x 31 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (92.1 x 79.1 x 8.3 cm) Sight: 29 x 23 7/8 in. (73.7 x 60.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1941.10
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1941; Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs from their brother, 1940; General Lawrason Riggs, Baltimore, 1926; Loredan Family, by descent; Elizabeth Loredan, Asolo, Italy, from her father; Onorio Razolini, Asolo, Italy
"Friends of Art," Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Homewood Exhibitions, Jun 9-24, 1928 (lent by General Riggs); BMA, "Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland," May 11-June 17, 1945, pp. 17-18, no. 13; BMA, Behold the Child, Nov. 7-Dec. 3, 1950, p.11; BMA, "Maryland Heritage," Apr. 20-June 20, 1976, p. 62, no. 8, ill.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 77-78, ill. p. 77.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The American Wing. Brochure. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, [198-?], unpaged.
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 10 and 17.
Inscribed: On reverse of original canvas, "Elizabeth Calvert AE 8/John Hesselius Pinx Maryland/1761"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 07
