Portrait of a Man

Provenance

(Rose M. de Forest [Mrs. Augustus de Forest], New York); purchased 15 January 1917 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; (his sale, American Art Galleries, 7 January 1919, no. 20);[1] Charles A. Munn, New York; repurchased 1920 by Clarke; 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. [1] The portrait was listed in the sale catalogue, _De Luxe Illstrated Catalogue of Early American Portraits Collected by Mr. Thomas B. Clarke_, New York, 1919: no. 20.

Portrait of a Man

American 19th Century

c. 1810

Accession Number

1947.17.44

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 76.5 x 61.6 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/4 in.) | framed: 87.6 x 72.4 x 7 cm (34 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection