Artist/Maker
Orlando Rouland
(American, 1871 – 1945)
Depicted
Richard Mansfield
(German, 1854 – 1907)
Richard Mansfield (1854-1907)
1906
Oil on canvas
Overall: 48 × 32 in. (121.9 × 81.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Richard Mansfield
1940.77
Mansfield, who became a famous actor on the American stage, was born in Berlin, the son of an English wine merchant and a Dutch opera singer. He introduced George Bernard Shaw's plays to America, and his final production was the American premiere of Ibsen's "Peer Gynt."
Markingssignature: lower right: "Orlando Rouland"
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Frederick R. Spencer
1838
1943.68
