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Artist/Maker
Flora Winegar Brigham
(American, 1861 – 1948)
After
Ginevra Cantofoli
(Italian, 1618 – 1672)
Datec. 1880
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. × 8 1/8 in. × 3/4 in. (25.4 × 20.6 × 1.9 cm)
Frame: 16 3/8 × 14 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (41.6 × 36.5 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Katharine Brigham Callanen
Object number1997.10.4
Not on view
DescriptionA painted reproduction by Flora Winegar Brigham of the early 1600s Ginevra Cantofoli-attributed artwork (formerly attributed to Guido Reni), "Portrait of Beatrice Cenci." By painting copies from Old Masters, young ladies were able to practice their skills in drawing and painting.
Flora Winegar Brigham attended the Hamilton Female Seminary. She was the wife of Professor Albert Perry Brigham, a renowned geographer and geologist with ties to Colgate University, Harvard, Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin, Oxford University, the University of London, and the Library of Congress. She traveled Europe extensively throughout the course of her husband's career. Flora was a direct descendent of an early Dutch family in the Mohawk Valley and an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the New York State Historical Association.
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Additional Details
Provenance
1997: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of Katharine Brigham Callanen.
Markings
Verso, center left (paper label, typed black ink): [sideways] "Painted by my grandmother, Flora / W. Brigham, in Amsterdam, NY, circa / 1880 (Kay Brigham)"
Verso, lower center (paper label, typed blue and black ink): "HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION, FRED L. EMERSON GELLAERY / Artist: Flora W. Brigham / Title: Sybil, c. 1880 / Medium: Oil on Canvas / Credit Line: Bequest of Katherine Brigham Callanen / Accession No. 1997.10.4 / HAMILTON COLLEGE / CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323"
Verso, lower center (paper label, typed blue and black ink): "HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION, FRED L. EMERSON GELLAERY / Artist: Flora W. Brigham / Title: Sybil, c. 1880 / Medium: Oil on Canvas / Credit Line: Bequest of Katherine Brigham Callanen / Accession No. 1997.10.4 / HAMILTON COLLEGE / CLINTON, NEW YORK 13323"
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