Portrait of a Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1985.130
People: ? Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy)
Title: Portrait of a Man
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 15th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Mantua
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/294956

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink with smudges of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 15.6 x 13 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso of mount, center, graphite: Lugt 2868 John Tetlow
Lugt 419 Benjamin West 1738-1820
Lugt 782 R. Dalton 1715-97
Byam-Shaw 1934, June U.M.D.
inscription: verso of mount, l.l., graphite: 472580
collector's mark: l.l. (on infill), black ink, stamped: L. 2868 (John Tetlow, before 1840)
collector's mark: l.r. edge, blind stamp: L. 419 (Benjamin West, 1738-1820)
collector's mark: l.r. corner (partially destroyed), blind stamp: L. 782 (Robert Dalton, 1715-1797)
(not assigned): Watermark visible during examination by Craigen Bowen. Beta required.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robert Dingley.
Robert Dalton, London, England (L. 782).
Benjamin West, London, England (L. 419).
John (before 1840) Tetlow, Lancashire, England (L. 2868). Alkrington Hall, Lancashire, England
Walter Hugelshofer.
John B. and Mrs. Louis G. Davidson, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John B. Davidson and Mrs. Louis G. Davidson
Accession Year: 1985
Object Number: 1985.130
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

James Byam Shaw, "A Lost Portrait of Mantegna and a Group of Paduan Drawings", Old Master Drawings (June, 1934), vol. 9, no. 33, pp. 1-7, pp. 1-7

Verification Level

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