Portrait of a Man, c. 1845

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.43

Artists / Makers

Jean-François Millet (artist) French, 1814 - 1875

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left, scratched into the paint with the handle of a brush: F. Millet

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

Dale, Chester
Devilder, A.
Drouot, Hôtel
Galerie Joseph Allard

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.

1965: 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.