Portrait of a Man

Provenance

(Rose M. de Forest [Mrs. Augustus de Forest], New York); purchased 11 March 1922 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.

Portrait of a Man

American 19th Century

c. 1840

Accession Number

1947.17.37

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 86.5 x 68.7 cm (34 1/16 x 27 1/16 in.) | framed: 107 x 91.8 x 7.9 cm (42 1/8 x 36 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection