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Unknown 18th Century, Portrait of a Man, c. 1795, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.35

Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · c. 1795 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.35

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Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · c. 1785 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.32

Shown from about the ribcage up, a cleanshaven man with pale skin sits with his elbow resting on the arm of his chair so the back of those fingers brush his chin in this vertical portrait painting. His body and face are angled to our right almost in profile so he looks at us from the corners of his brown eyes under dark, arched eyebrows. He has a straight nose, and his pale coral-pink lips are closed. His nickel-gray hair is curled along his ears and pulled back with an olive-green bow at the nape of his neck. His large hat is pushed back over his forehead, away from us, so its wide brim creates a dark circle around his face. The lapels of his steel-blue, tight-fitting jacket are folded back over a high, white collar. The edge of the white shirt also shows at the cuff of his right hand. The elbow closer to us rests on what might be a piece of light gray paper or piece of fabric, over a cranberry-red cloth or the arm of the upholstered chair. His left hand, farther from us, is propped on a wood frame or board, to which a small, white, square cloth appears to be affixed or draped. The light falls strongly from our upper left so his profile is brightly lit against the dark shadows on the far side of his face. The background darkens from light, slate blue to our left to coffee brown to our right.
Unknown 18th Century, Benjamin West, c. 1776, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.39

Benjamin West

Unknown 18th Century · c. 1776 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.39

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Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · c. 1775 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1954.1.3

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Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · c. 1775 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.90

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Mantelpiece (cheminée)

Unknown 18th Century · possibly c. 1750 · carved Rouge Royal marble with interior fitments of cast iron ·  Accession ID  1957.7.10

Unknown 18th Century, Portrait of a Man, third quarter 18th century, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.100

Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · third quarter 18th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.100

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Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · mid 18th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.113

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Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · second quarter 18th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.47

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Portrait of a Man

Unknown 18th Century · first quarter 18th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.38