Capri Lace Maker (1884): Art, History and Details

Capri Lace Maker (1884) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is George B. Butler (American, 1838–1907).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

George Butler studied art making in the United States and France, and subsequently lived several years in Italy, where he painted Capri Lace Maker. A gift of the artist's daughter, this work was the first painting to enter the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection, which took place on February 2, 1915.

Object facts

• Title: Capri Lace Maker
• Date: 1884
• Creator attribution: George B. Butler (American, 1838–1907)
• Culture: America
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Unframed: 160 x 84.5 cm (63 x 33 1/4 in.)
• Collection: American - Painting
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1915.76

A detail from the museum

Left-handed George Butler lost his right arm while fighting for the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War.

Collection credit

Gift of Helen C. Butler

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalog of the Inaugural Exhibition, June 6-September 20, 1916. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
• "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1:4 (February, 1915).
• "The Collection of Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2:2 (July, 1915).

View the collection record

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