Albert Pinkham RyderAmerican, 1847–1917Panel for a Screen: Children Playing with a Rabbit
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Panel for a Screen: Children Playing with a Rabbit” now? Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 6B, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 6B
Open now· until 7:00 PM
On public display.
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- Source
- The museum
About the painting
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)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1929.6.106C
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
