King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid
by 1906 or 1907
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 62.2 × 45.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-129420
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid may have been commissioned by the art collector John Gellatly, who was an enthusiastic supporter of contemporary American art around the turn of the twentieth century. Albert Pinkham Ryder worked on this painting for more than five years, and x-rays of the canvas show that it was painted over two other images. Ryder was inspired by the story of King Cophetua from…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Registry history
- by 1906 or 1907 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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