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Child with Rabbit
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)

Title

Child with Rabbit

Artist

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)

Date

1879

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

14 × 11 3/4 in. (35.6 × 29.8 cm)

Classification

Painting

Credit Line

Museum purchase

Object Number

1946.32

On View

On view

Provenance

Wildenstein & Co., New York, before 1946;
Purchased from Wildenstein & Co. by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1946.

Exhibition History

Paintings from Joslyn, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska, November 19–December 16, 1968.

Angels and Urchins: Images of Children at the Joslyn, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, November 15, 1980–January 4, 1981, no. 18.

Animals in the Gallery, Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, March 12–May 22, 2005.

Animals in Art, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, April 29, 2025–September 13, 2026.

Published References

Hollister Sturges, Angels and Urchins: Images of Children at the Joslyn, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1980), cover (repro.), 11, 30, 77.

Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 159 (repro.), 160–161.