H591: Rebecca Tyng Dudley (Mrs. Joseph Dudley) (1651-1722), after an English artist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H591

People

Unidentified Artist
Rebecca Tyng Dudley (1651 - 1722)

Title

Rebecca Tyng Dudley (Mrs. Joseph Dudley) (1651-1722), after an English artist

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1702

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/304996

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

72 x 59.8 cm (28 3/8 x 23 9/16 in.)
framed: 86.4 x 74.3 x 4.5 cm (34 x 29 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: brass plaque "REBECCA TYNG DUDLEY/ 1651-1722/ Wife of Gov. Joseph Dudley"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Probably to the family of Ann Dudley Winthrop, daughter of the sitter; descent through family to Frederic Winthrop.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Frederic Winthrop, 1962

Object Number

H591

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description

This is a copy after a portrait that is owned by Massachusetts Historical Society.

Publication History

• Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration, American Portraits, 1620-1825, found in Massachusetts, Volumes 1 and 2, Historical Records Survey (Boston, MA, 1939), p. 125
• Andrew Oliver, Ann Millspaugh Huff, and Edward W. Hanson, Portraits in the Massachusetts Historical Society: An Illustrated Catalogue with Descriptive Matter, Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, MA, 1988), p. 36, ill.
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 489, cat. 453, ill.

Verification Level