Portrait of a Man

c. 1775

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 127.3 x 101.3 cm (50 1/8 x 39 7/8 in.)
    framed: 144.8 x 119.4 x 5.4 cm (57 x 47 x 2 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1947.17.90

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Rose M. de Forest [Mrs. Augustus de Forest], New York); sold 17 December 1926 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA; gift 1947 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1928

  • A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Early American Portrait Painters, The Century Association, New York, 1928, no. 6, as John Cochran by Matthew Pratt.

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue, as John Cochran by Matthew Pratt.

1971

  • Henry Benbridge (1743-1812): American Portrait Painter, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1971, no. 125, repro., as Unknown Physician by Henry Benbridge.

Bibliography

1928

  • A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Early American Portrait Painters. Exh. cat. The Century Association, New York, 1928: no. 6, as John Cochran by Matthew Pratt.

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, unnumbered, as John Cochran by Matthew Pratt.

1931

  • Bolton, Theodore and Harry Lorin Binsse. "Pratt, Painter of Colonial Portraits and Signboards." The Antiquarian 17 (September 1931): 48, repro. 21, as Dr. John Cochran, Attributed to Pratt.

1942

  • Sawitzky, William. Matthew Pratt, 1734-1805. New York, 1942: 85-86, no. 5, under "Erroneous and Doubtful Attributions".

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 160, repro., as Portrait of a Man by American (?).

1971

  • Stewart, Robert Gordon. Henry Benbridge (1743-1812), American Portrait Painter. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1971: 78, no. 125, repro., as Unknown Physician by Unknown Artist.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 308, as Portrait of a Physician by Unknown [Formerly Considered American].

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 412, repro., as Portrait of a Man by Unknown Nationality 18th Century.

Inscriptions

Formerly bore false signature center left: M Pratt ad 1772

Wikidata ID

Q20178748

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