French Eighteenth Century

Portrait of a Young Man



French Eighteenth Century - Portrait of a Young Man



French Eighteenth Century
Portrait of a Young Man
c. 1770
65.3 x 54.4 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection


Literature

Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 51


Provenance

Félix Doistau, Paris, by 1907
his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9-11 June 1909, 1st day, nr. 37, as Portrait of an Unknown Man by Fragonard
Ducrey. Dr. Théodore Tuffier (1859-1929), Paris, by 1921 until at least 1926
with Jacques Seligmann and Co., Inc., Paris and New York, by 1948
sold March 1952 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1961.9.18