Mandan Scalping an Enemy
1835-1837
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.6 × 70 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138945
George Catlin described this painting as a tale from the Mandans of “a Conqueror conquered” and noted that it “took place in front of the Mandan village.” Catlin sketched the scene in 1835 and completed the painting in his studio between 1835 and 1857. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition; Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1835-1837 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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