Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim and Child - Alphonse Jongers - 76" x 50"
framed to 85" x 59" O/C, 1906

Commissioned For:

• Benjamin Guggenheim - (1865–1912) - (Died aboard the Titanic)

Pictured:

• Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim (Florette Seligman) - (1870–1937)
• Barbara Hazel Guggenheim (1903–1995)

Provenance (Documented and Complete):

• Benjamin Guggenheim (1906-1926)
• Randolph Macon Woman's College - Now Randolph College/Maier Museum (1926-2019)
• Personal Collection of Mark Wittl (2019-2023)
• Donated to Faith Christian School (2023)

Other than a one-month display of artist's works in 1906 at the Oehme Galleries in NYC, this masterpiece by Alphonse Jongers has never been on public display. It hung in the NYC residence of Benjamin Guggenheim until 1926 when it was gifted to (then) Randolph Macon Woman's College by Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim. It has languished in storage since then and ownership was transferred to Mark Wittl/Virginia Art Conservation and Restoration, LLC in exchange for conservation work to other paintings in the collection of the Maier Museum.

The painting has undergone a conservative conservation treatment to ensure its viability for generations to come and has been proudly donated to Faith Christian School in Roanoke, VA.