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Bianca
Artist
Robert Walter Weir
(American, 1803 - 1889)
Date1879
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 32 5/16 x 25 3/8 in. (82.1 x 64.5 cm)
Frame: 44 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (113 x 95.3 x 10.5 cm)
Frame: 44 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (113 x 95.3 x 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift in honor of the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art, from John Driscoll
Object number2010.27
Collections
ClassificationsPainting
Object NamePainting
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
On viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedbottom right: Robt W. Weir. / 1879
Inscribedverso bottom center: Bianca / Painted by R. W. Weir; verso sticker on right center of frame: 75 [partially obscured]
Exhibition HistoryThe Weir Family, 1820–1920: Expanding the Traditions of American Art, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT, November 17, 2011–May 19, 2012; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, June 30–September 30, 2012; Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC, October 20, 2012–January 20, 2013
Published ReferencesLeo G. Mazow, "Robert Walter Weir and the Sense of Place," in The Weir Family, 1820–1920: Expanding the Traditions of American Art, ed. Marian Wardle (exh. cat.) (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2011), 32, 33 (fig. 2.7).