Portrait of a Gentleman
c. 1810/1815
Painter, British, 1758 - 1810
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 76.5 x 63.3 cm (30 1/8 x 24 15/16 in.)
framed: 97.8 x 85.1 x 6.7 cm (38 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1956.9.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Bellas), France.[1] R.M. Smith, who sold it 1924 to (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London), as a portrait of John Fawcett by Romney; sold 1925 to Howard Sturges [d. 1955], Providence, Rhode Island, as by Hoppner;[2] bequest 1956 to NGA.
[1] A label from the French shipping company Chenue on the back of the stretcher is inscribed in ink: "Monsieur Bellas/pour Londres." Bellas was presumably a dealer, since the picture was exported as part of a consignment of at least two cases. [2] Information from Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1985. An old label on the backof the frame bears the inplausible identification: "George Fawsett Esqe/G. Romney." "George" would seem to be an error for "John."
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1972
Extended loan for use by Caspar Weinberger, Director of the Budget and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C., 1972-1975.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 70, as Portrait of a Man.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 61, repro., as Portrait of a Man.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 180, repro., as Portrait of a Man.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 207, repro.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 137-138, repro. 137.
Wikidata ID
Q20182915