File:Edward and Sarah Rutter by Joshua Johnson.jpg
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Summary
Joshua Johnson: Edward and Sarah Rutter
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| Title |
English: Edward and Sarah Rutter |
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painting  |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Description |
"Johnson, the son of an enslaved woman and a white man, was the first known African American artist in the United States to earn his living as a professional portrait painter. He worked in Baltimore, Maryland, from about 1789 to 1825, painting likenesses of sea captains, shopkeepers, and merchants and their families. In this portrait of Edward Pennington Rutter (ca. 1798–1827) and Sarah Ann Rutter (1802–1843), children of Captain Joshua and Mary Pennington Rutter of Baltimore, Johnson demonstrated his affinity for bright, strong colors and precise detail, as seen in the red bird at the left and the strawberries held by the children. There is an air of stillness, of suspended action, in Johnson’s portraits that is emphasized here by the intensity of the children’s gazes." |
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| Date | circa 1805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 36 x 32 in. (91.4 x 81.3 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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American Paintings and Sculpture |
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| Accession number |
65.254.3 |
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| Place of creation | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | Captain Joshua Rutter, Baltimore, died 1861; his grandson, Edward Rutter Hennick, by 1861; his sister, Sarah Ann (or Rebecca) Hennick (Mrs. John Paul Mettee); her daughter, Ida Mettee (Mrs. Joseph Nicholas Huber) until 1936; her brother, Milton Harry Mettee; his son, Edwin Rutter Mettee, Pikesville, Maryland, until at least 1951; Norton Asner Antiques, Baltimore, 1955–1956; Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Cambridge, Maryland, 1956–1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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