Portrait of a Man

18th century

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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

    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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