Portrait of a Gentleman

c. 1762

Pompeo Batoni

Painter, Italian, 1708 - 1787

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 32

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle

  • Dimensions

    overall: 75.3 x 63.5 cm (29 5/8 x 25 in.)
    framed: 94 x 81.1 x 6.4 cm (37 x 31 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.86.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Spanierman Gallery, New York), in 1965; purchased 15 February 1967 by Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York;[1] gift 2004 to NGA.
[1] A copy of the invoice is in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787). A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Colnaghi, New York, 1982, no. 18.

Bibliography

1985

  • Clark, Anthony M. Pompeo Batoni. A Complete Catalogue of his Works with an Introductory Text. Edited and prepared for publication by Edgar Peters Bowron. New York, 1985: 285, no. 246, pl. 227.

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 9, 15, fig. 4, 19, repro. 184.

Wikidata ID

Q20178213

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