Angel
1887
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92 × 71.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-134488
Abbott Handerson Thayer is recognized today for his ethereal angels, portraits of woman and children, landscapes, and delicate flower paintings. Angel is both a portrait of his daughter Mary at age eleven and an allegory of hope and spirituality. Thayer manipulated the paint with brooms, scrapers, his fingers, and even a paint tube to achieve his effects. The Renaissance-inspired frame, called a …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Registry history
- 1887 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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