Portrait of a Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.184
People: Sir Godfrey Kneller, British (Lubeck, Germany 1646 - 1723 London, England)
Title: Portrait of a Man
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1680
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298709

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper

Dimensions

32 x 23.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

collector's mark: lower right: Nathaniel Hone (Lugt 2793)
collector's mark: lower right: George Guy, Earl of Warwick (Lugt 2600)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Nathaniel Hone, London (Lugt 2793). George Guy, Earl of Warwick, Warwick (Lugt 2600). Charles Loeser, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year: 1932
Object Number: 1932.184
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

J. Douglas Stewart, Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, 1983), no. 30, pl. 93a
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con due stelle d'oro")

Verification Level

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