Portrait of a Man
c. 1845
Artist, French, 1814 - 1875
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 32.3 cm (16 x 12 11/16 in.)
framed: 55.9 x 47.3 x 4.9 cm (22 x 18 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1963.10.43
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 February 1925, no. 111). (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3 December 1925, no. 101). A. Devilder. (Galerie Joseph Allard, Paris); sold 16 June 1926 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] Date and source of Dale's acquisition from Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1928
100 Years of French Portraits from the Chester Dale Collection, Museum of French Art, New York, 1928, no. 6
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1929
Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no 7, repro., as Portrait of a Gentleman.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 46, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 90.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 79, repro.
1971
Lepoittevin, Lucien. Jean François Millet. 2 vols. Paris, 1971: I:90, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 234, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 269, repro.
2000
Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 318-321, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower left, scratched into the paint with the handle of a brush: F. Millet
Wikidata ID
Q20187536