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Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
“Little Women, Little Men: Folk Portraits of Children from Fenimore Art Museum,” Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA, September 22, 2006 – February 4, 2007; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, July 2, 2005 – October 16, 2005; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, October 29, 2005 – December 31, 2005.
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (Cooperstown, NYSHA 1987), pp. 200-203, ill. no. 143 on p.201.
Agnes Halsey and Louis C. Jones, New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic ([exh. cat.], Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1960), pp. 20-22, number 37, illustration 37.
![The Crane Family (Susanna Crane 15 years and [10?] months)](/internal/media/dispatcher/4542/thumbnail)
Attributed to
George Gassner
(1811 - 1861)
Two Boys in Green Tunics
Datec. 1845
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 36 3/8 × 29 1/4 in. (92.4 × 74.3 cm)
Object numberN0269.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextJudging from the expressive quality of the boys' faces and the skilled handling of the delicate lace shirts, collars and cuffs, the unidentified hand which produced this charming double portrait was probably an experienced one. The graceful pose is enhanced by the inclusion of the older boy's left hand wrapped around the elbow of his younger companion. Stylistic traits that may help to identify more portraits include soft, diffusely shaded facial features, fine hair, large eyes, rounded foreheads and sloping shoulders. Other details, such as the whip, cart and background landscape, are painted more economically and with less precision.
Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
“Little Women, Little Men: Folk Portraits of Children from Fenimore Art Museum,” Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA, September 22, 2006 – February 4, 2007; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, July 2, 2005 – October 16, 2005; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, October 29, 2005 – December 31, 2005.
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (Cooperstown, NYSHA 1987), pp. 200-203, ill. no. 143 on p.201.
Agnes Halsey and Louis C. Jones, New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic ([exh. cat.], Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1960), pp. 20-22, number 37, illustration 37.
On View
On view
c. 1900
