Kate Bisschop-Swift: The Widow of a Painter
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Artist |
Kate Bisschop-Swift
(1834–1928) |
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Alternative names |
Kate Bisschop, Catherine Seaton Forman Bisschop-Swift, Catherine Swift, Kate Swift |
Description |
British-Dutch painter, drawer, aquarellist and illustrator |
Date of birth/death |
6 April 1834 |
16 May 1928 |
Location of birth/death |
London |
The Hague |
Work period |
between circa 1849 and circa 1928 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1849-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
London (1849-circa 1864 date QS:P,+1864-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ), Netherlands (between circa 1864 and circa 1928 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1864-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ), Leeuwarden, Scheveningen (from 1864 date QS:P,+1864-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1864-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q15734137 |
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Title |
The Widow of a Painter label QS:Les,"La viuda del pintor"
label QS:Lca,"La vídua del pintor"
label QS:Len,"The Painter's Widow"
label QS:Lnl,"De schildersweduwe" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
genre art |
Date |
1870 date QS:P571,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 79 cm (31.1 in); width: 52.5 cm (20.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,79U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,52.5U174728 |
Collection |
Fries Museum
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Native name |
Fries Museum |
Location |
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Coordinates |
53° 11′ 58.99″ N, 5° 47′ 39.98″ E |
Established |
13 April 1881 |
Website |
www.friesmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q848313 |
Accession number |
S2003-273 |
Place of creation |
Scheveningen (?) |
Object history |
by 1896 date QS:P,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Reinhard Boelens van Lynden (1827-1896), The Hague
June 1899: bequeathed to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-1802, by Reinhard Boelens van Lynden, The Hague
2003 (?): lent to the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Inventory number S2003-273, by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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Exhibition history |
Dood en begraven. Sterven en rouwen 1700-1900. Tentoonstelling ter gelegenheid van het 150-jarig bestaan van de Eerste Algemene Begraafplaats Soesterberg te Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 15 May 1980–6 July 1980, cat. no. 283.
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom right:
Kate Biſschop-Swift / 1870
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References |
Anonymous (1903) Catalogus der Schilderijen miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-Museum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Boek- en kunstdrukkerij v/h Roeloffzen-Hübner en Van Santen, p. 51, cat. no. 517, as De schildersweduwe, height: 77 cm (30.3 in); width: 50 cm (19.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,77U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,50U174728 .
Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 118, with image in black and white.
Fries Museum, as De schildersweduwe, height: 79.2 cm (31.1 in); width: 52.5 cm (20.6 in)dimensions QS:P2048,79.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,52.5U174728 .
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Widow of a Painter, height: 79 cm (31.1 in); width: 52.5 cm (20.6 in)dimensions QS:P2048,79U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,52.5U174728 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 28994, as The painters widow, height: 79 cm (31.1 in); width: 52.5 cm (20.6 in)dimensions QS:P2048,79U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,52.5U174728 |
Source/Photographer |
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