The Chaperone
1908 · oil on canvas
overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art
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Thomas Eakins
1844–1916
WA-00013182
PaintingRealism
Representation
None documented
17
Institutional Exhibitions
100
Works in Collection
102
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Paintings from Private Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
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Sculpture by Painters
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
No image
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
No image
Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Action Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943
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Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943
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Twentieth Century Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942–1943
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Modern Masters from European and American Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
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Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1939
No image
Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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American Art Portfolio
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
Field Verification (5 fields)
4 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
- BiographyDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (1)
- Artist IndexTier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About
Why this artist matters now
Thomas Eakins painted portraits and scenes of American life with an unflinching commitment to anatomical accuracy and psychological observation. A Philadelphia-based realist working in the late 19th century, he employed photography as a tool for studying human form and motion, and taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where his rigorous methods shaped generations of American painters. His portraits, often of prominent physicians and intellectuals, combine surgical precision with a somber, searching quality that resists sentimentality.
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Artwork sources (5)
100 published of 100 catalogued · 40 with image
- The Met66 published7 img
- Nga17 published17 img
- Art Institute Chicago8 published7 img
- Smithsonian6 published6 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art3 published3 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)
3 entries · 1 sources
- 1885 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1873 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1878 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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