Donna Tosca

Julius C. Rolshoven American, 1858-1930
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About the Artwork

Donna Tosca

1923

Julius C. Rolshoven

1858-1930

American

Unknown

Oil on canvas

Overall: 73 1/2 × 40 inches (186.7 × 101.6 cm)

Paintings

American Art before 1950

Gift of Mrs. Julius Rolshoven

55.227

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Markings

Signed and dated, lower left, near base of pedestal: J. Rolshoven | Florence | 1923

Inscribed, lower left, near base of pedestal: J. Rolshoven | Florence | 1923

Provenance

Harriet B. Rolshoven (Mrs. Julius C. Rolshoven)

1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Exh. cat., Department of Fine Arts. San Francisco, 1915, no. 277 (ill.).

“Rolshoven’s at Reinhardt’s.” American Art News (April 26, 1924).

“Detroiter Praised in Southern Press.” The Detroit News (January 24, 1926).

“Julius Rolshoven.” American Art News (March 24, 1928).

“Rolshoven Honored in the East.” The Detroit News (March 25, 1928).

Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of American Art. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1931, no. 1(ill.).

Healey, Mary Jane. “Two Paintings by Julius Rolshoven.” Bulletin of the DIA 35, 1 (1955-1956): pp. 14-16 (ill.).

Dorazio, Arthur. “Art Notes: Rolshoven Works Given to Institute.” The Detroit Free Press (July 3, 1955): section C-6.

Gibson, Arthur Hopkin. Artists of Early Michigan. Detroit, 1975, p. 205 (ill.).

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Julius C. Rolshoven, Donna Tosca, 1923, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Julius Rolshoven, 55.227.

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