Portrait of a Man
c. 1845
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 36.2 x 30.6 cm (14 1/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
framed: 48.9 x 44.5 x 6 cm (19 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1947.17.97
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Augustus W. Oberwalder [Augustus de Forest], New York); (his sale, Keeler Art Galleries, New York, 4 May 1922, no. 7); (Weidenback Galleries, New York); sold 29 November 1924 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.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1926
A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Early American Portrait Painters, The Century Association, New York, 1926, no. 10, as Charles G. Eastman by Junius Brutus Stearns.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 146, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 291, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 422, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20187533