Accession #68.11.5

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Godfriede
  • Artist:Carl Gutherz, American (b. Switzerland), 1844-1907
  • Date Created:1895
  • Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200
  • Frame Dimensions:41 1/2" x 34"
  • Image Dimensions:39 1/8" x 32 1/8"
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:31 May 2008
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Full length portrait of a seated young girl with a pillow to her right. She is resting her head on her proper right arm and her left hand holds a book on her lap. She is wearing a white lace dress with a sky blue sash around her waist and in her pulled back hair.
  • History:Signed: LL: Carl Gutherz, Paris 1895 to his child Godfriede. Artist lived and worked in Memphis ca. 1860-1875. Portrait is of the artist's daughter painted while the artist lived and worked in Paris.
  • Notes:Provenance: Gift of the artist's son. - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. Goodheart Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.