Portrait of a Man

c. 1860

Isaac Rehn

Artist, American, 1815 - 1883

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    ambrotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
    mat: 8.2 × 6.8 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)
    case (closed): 9.7 × 8.2 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.2.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Matthew R. Cranford, Lincoln, NE; NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on brass mat, lower left embossed: AMBROTYPE / BY REHN; lower right embossed: PATENT JULY / 4TH & 11TH 1854

Wikidata ID

Q64155406

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