William Rimmer (American 1816-1879) Job and His Comforters

William Rimmer (American, 1816-1879) Job and His Comforters Signed "Rimmer" l. r., titled and inscribed, and with label "...Owner Carol ine Hunt Rimmer" on the reverse. Oil on board, 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.4 cm), framed (under glass). Condition: Damage to edges, retouch, surface grime, craquelure. Provenance: The artist's daughter, Caroline Hunt Rimmer, probably to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds, through to Paul Chalfin (painter and designer of the James Deering estate "Viscaya," Miami, Florida) to his sister Mary Anita Ranger, then by descent through her family to the present owner. Literature: Jeffery Weidman, William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonne, volume ii, entry 108, pp. 659-661 and volume v, illustration 74. Jeffery Weidman et al., William Rimmer: A Yankee Michelangelo, Catalogue for the Exhibition at the Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, Brockton, Massachusetts, and subsequent venues (Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1985), p. 91. Exhibitions: Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture by the Late Dr. William Rimmer... , J. Eastman Chase Gallery, Boston, February, 1883, entry 90. William Rimmer, Centennial Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17-March 1, 1916. N.B. Truman Bartlett is the first to publish the connection between Rimmer and Job in 1882. As Jeffrey Weidman elaborates in Yankee Michelangelo, "...The story of a long-suffering man who was eventually vindicated would have had personal meaning for Rimmer." Rimmer approa Read more…