Portrait of a Man

c. 1830

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.5 x 66 cm (30 1/8 x 26 in.)
    framed: 100.3 x 87.6 x 8.9 cm (39 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.1.7

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Augustus W. Oberwalder [Augustus de Forest], New York); Charles X. Harris, New York; Hiram Burlingham, New York; (his estate sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 January 1934, no. 35); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1926

  • Gallery of National Portraiture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1926, no. 97, as John Rush by John Neagle.

1935

  • Exhibition of American Painting, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1935, no. 182, as John Rush by John Neagle.

1937

  • An Exhibition of American Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, The Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 19, as John Rush by John Neagle.

1940

  • Masterpieces of Art. European & American Paintings 1500-1900, New York World's Fair, 1940, no. 293, as John Rush by John Neagle.

1943

  • American Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1943.

1955

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1956

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956.

Bibliography

1965

  • Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 32, repro., as John Rush, Attributed to John Neagle.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 150, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 296, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 425, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 289-290, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20185718

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