Portrait of a Man

c. 1845

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • 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

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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

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