Portrait of a Man

Provenance

(Rose M. [Mrs. Augustus] de Forest); sold 28 September 1923 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] 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] According to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

Portrait of a Man

Dutch 17th Century

c. 1655

Accession Number

1947.17.98

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 54.6 x 41.9 cm (21 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.) | framed: 72.1 x 60.3 x 6.4 cm (28 3/8 x 23 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection