Panel for a Screen: Children Frightened by a Rabbit

Albert Pinkham Ryder, Panel for a Screen: Children Frightened by a Rabbit, ca. 1876, oil on gilded leather mounted on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.106A
Albert Pinkham Ryder, Panel for a Screen: Children Frightened by a Rabbit, ca. 1876, oil on gilded leather mounted on canvas, 38 1220 14 in. (97.751.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.106A
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Artwork Details

Title
Panel for a Screen: Children Frightened by a Rabbit
Date
ca. 1876
Dimensions
38 1220 14 in. (97.751.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Gellatly
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on gilded leather mounted on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Children
  • Animal — rabbit
  • State of being — emotion — fear
Object Number
1929.6.106A

Artwork Description

During the 1870s and 1880s, Albert Pinkham Ryder became friends with the art dealer Daniel Cottier, who commissioned him to paint several leather panels as decorations for furniture. These three panels for a folding screen tell the story of Genevieve of Brabant, who was wrongfully expelled from her home and abandoned in a forest where her young child was nursed by a doe. Ryder frequently returned to the theme of naive innocence, to express his romantic view of women. A layer of gold underneath these images shines through the translucent colors to create a rich, luminous finish that evokes the artist’s idealism. (Broun, Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1989)

Works by this artist (32 items)

Albert Pinkham Ryder, The Lovers' Boat, ca. 1881, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alastair B. Martin, 2005.14
The Lovers’ Boat
Dateca. 1881
oil on wood
On view
Albert Pinkham Ryder, With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow, ca. 1880-1885, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.102
With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow
Dateca. 1880-1885
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
On view
Albert Pinkham Ryder, Moonlight, 1887, oil on mahogany panel, cradled, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.10.2
Moonlight
Date1887
oil on mahogany panel, cradled
On view
Albert Pinkham Ryder, Flying Dutchman, completed by 1887, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.95
Flying Dutchman
Datecompleted by 1887
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
On view

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William Holbrook Beard, The Runaway Match, 1877, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1977.55
The Runaway Match
Date1877
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