The Flirt

Provenance

Lawson Valentine [1827-1891]; his wife, Lucy Houghton Valentine [1830-1911]; by inheritance to their daughter, Almira Houghton Valentine Pulsifer [Mrs. Nathan Trowbridge Pulsifer, 1854-1919], Manchester, Connecticut; her son, Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer [1886-1948], Harpswell and Brunswick, Maine; in trust to his wife, Susan Farley Nichols Pulsifer [1892-1987], New York; by descent to his niece, Alice Pulsifer Doyle [1916-1996];[1] Alice P. Doyle Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust; purchased March 1989 by Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014]. [1] Alice P. Doyle was the daughter of Harold T. Pulsifer's brother, Lawson Valentine Pulsifer (1881-1957).

The Flirt

Homer, Winslow

1874

Accession Number

2014.18.18

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 20.64 × 31.91 cm (8 1/8 × 12 9/16 in.) | framed: 28.58 × 39.37 × 3.81 cm (11 1/4 × 15 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon