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EASTMAN JOHNSON Portrait of Richard M. Staigg. Pencil on paper. 278x245 mm; 11x9 5/8 inches. Signed, titled and annotated in pencil, lower margin recto. Ex-collection M. Knoedler & Co., Inc; New York, and Paul Magriel Collection, New York, with the labels on the frame back. Exhibited Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, April 14-May 15, 1963. Johnson (1824-1906) was a Maine native who began his career in Augusta before traveling to Europe to study in Germany, Italy and France. There he acquired the title of the "American Rembrandt," a moniker he earned due the Dutch master's influence on his work. Returning to America, Johnson focused on portrait paintings as well as genre scenes, the latter of which he became most well known.