Portrait of a Gentleman Netting Partridges
1756
Artist, British, 1712 - 1787
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 69.9 x 97.8 cm (27 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)
framed: 83.8 x 103.5 x 5.4 cm (33 x 40 3/4 x 2 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1964.2.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Miss P.A. Hatcher; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 29 June 1951, no. 132, as Portrait of a Sportsman, bought in); (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 June 1954, no. 142, as Lord Brand, of Hurndall Park); purchased by (Edward Speelman, London); sold 1960 to Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1964 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1964
Extended loan for use by Ambassador David K.E. Bruce, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 1964-1969 (on loan to Embassy when given to NGA; lent prior to 1964 by Paul Mellon).
1970
Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1970-1974.
1980
The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, no. 33, repro., (cat. by Ellen G. D'Oench).
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41, as Lord Brand of Hurndall Park.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 34, repro., as Lord Brand of Hurndall Park.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 106, repro., as Lord Brand of Hurndall Park.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 520, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 129, 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: 60-61, repro. 61.
Inscriptions
lower center: Art: Devis fe/1756
Wikidata ID
Q20178154