Portrait of a Man
18th century
Painter

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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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
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