Artist/Maker
George Inness Jr.
(American, 1853 – 1926)
Depicted
George Inness Sr.
(American, 1825 – 1894)
George Inness (1825-1894)
ca. 1880
Oil on canvas
Overall: 21 × 17 in. (53.3 × 43.2 cm)
Framed: 26 1/2 in. × 22 1/2 in. × 2 in. (67.3 × 57.2 × 5.1 cm)
Framed: 26 1/2 in. × 22 1/2 in. × 2 in. (67.3 × 57.2 × 5.1 cm)
Purchase, Foster-Jarvis Fund
1958.89
George Inness, Jr., the son of the famous landscape painter, studied with his father for many years and absorbed much of his manner. This portrait by the younger Inness was used as the frontispiece for his biography of his father, "Life, Art, and Letters of George Inness" (1917).
Markingssignature: lower left: "Inness, Jr."
label: on stretcher: "Portrait of / Geo. Inness / Painted by / G. I., Jr."
inscription: on frame: "This is Geo. Inness' / own hand writing"
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