title: Miner Kilbourne Kellogg
text: # Miner Kilbourne Kellogg
  
  Miner Kilbourne Kellogg (1814-1889) was an American painter noted for his Orientalist work, an art historian and art collector.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Kellogg was born in Manlius Square, New York in 1814. He painted primarily portraits, figures and landscapes. At one time he worked as a courier on behalf of the United States Department of State. As a courier he traveled to Europe. Kellogg also was a land surveyor in Texas. He also was an art historian and an art collector. His personal art collection included works attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. He died in Toledo, Ohio in 1889.
  
  His archives are held in the collections of the University of Texas at Austin and the Indiana Historical Society. In 1851 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.
  
  ## Notable collections
  
  * Persian Women, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Head of an Arab Girl, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Jerusalem, Israel, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Armenian Lady, Pera, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Armenian Girl of Pera, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Peasant Woman, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Persian Girl, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Persian Woman, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Persian Women, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Persian Women, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Turk, Azani, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Turkish Girl of Constantinople, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Seferbiy Zaneqo
  * Head of a Lady, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Greek Lady, Brusa, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Greek Lady, Pera, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Greek Girl at the English Palace, Pera, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Greek Costume of Troy, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Consumptive Young Lady of New Orleans, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  * Two Women in an Italian Landscape, 1854 oil painting, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  