Portrait of a Man

18th century

Anonymous Artist

Painter

Jean Siméon Chardin

Related Artist, French, 1699 - 1779

Follower of Jean Siméon Chardin

Attributed to

Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man wearing a cloth wrapped around his head looks at us in this vertical painting. The man’s shoulders are angled to our right, but he turns his round face to us to gaze out of the corners of his blue eyes under furrowed brows. His head tips slightly to our right, and his pink lips are parted. He has a rounded nose, full checks, and a slight double chin. The cloth wrapped around his head is white striped with pale blue. He wears a coral-orange and white neckerchief tied in a knot at his throat and a slate-blue collarless jacket. The background is pale, asparagus-green near his face and deepens to moss green at the edges. There are some white or light blue streaks and spots where paint has been lost or damaged.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 51 x 41.3 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
    framed: 70 x 60 x 8.6 cm (27 9/16 x 23 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.7.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alphonse Kann [1870-1948], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-8 December 1920, no. 10). Josef Stransky [1885-1936], possibly owned with (Wildenstein & Co., New York); sold 1929 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1926

  • Exhibition of Paintings by J.-B. S. Chardin, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 1926, no. 1, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 14, repro., as Chardin, Etienne Jeurat

1943

  • Washington Times-Herald (18 July 1943): C-10.

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 14, repro.. as Étienne Jeaurat by Chardin.

1948

  • Wildenstein and Company. French XVIII Century Paintings. New York, 1948: 4.

1949

  • Jourdain, Francis. Chardin. Paris, 1949: repro. 38

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 20, repro., as Chardin, Etienne Jeurat

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 26, as Etienne Jeurat

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: repro., as Chardin, Etienne Jeurat

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 20, repro., as Etienne Jeurat

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 66, repro., as Etienne Jeurat

1983

  • Rosenberg, Pierre. L'opera completa di Chardin. Milan, 1983: no. R15, repro. [refused]

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 87, repro.

2009

  • Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: 480, repro.

Inscriptions

Falsely upper right: Chardin

Wikidata ID

Q20177721

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