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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.66
People
Corneille de Lyon, French (Holland? 1500/10 - 1575)
Title
Portrait of a Man
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
16th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226546

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
16.9 x 13.6 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, center of cradle, black ink: T. K. Straus.
  • inscription: verso, upper left of frame, printed text: No [illegible text] / FRAME
  • label: verso, upper center of cradle, blue border with black ink: 908 d
  • label: verso, upper left of cradle, printed text: No. 142 / PICTURE
  • label: verso, lower left of cradle, printer and typewritten text: [printed:] Masterpieces of Art / EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939 / Name of Artist: [typewritten:] Cornellis de Lyon / [printed:] Name of Painting: [typewritten:] Portrait of a Man / [printed:] Owner: [typewritten:] Mrs. Herbert N. Straus / [printed:] Return to: [typewritten:] Mrs. Herbert N. Straus, / Ritz Tower Hotel, 455 Park Ave. / N. Y. C. / [printed:] Catalogue No. [typewritten:] 52 / [printed:] ART ASSOCIATES, INC. STREET OF WHEELS NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR N. Y.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
La Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia. Mrs. Herbert N. Straus (by 1939); her son, Edward K. Straus

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Dubois de Groër ADD-6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward K. Straus in memory of Therese K. and Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.66
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • George Henry McCall, Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800, exh. cat., Publishers Printing Company (New York, 1939), no. 52
  • Anne Dubois de Groër, Corneille de La Haye dit Corneille de Lyon, Arthena (Paris, 1996), p. 264, no. ADD-6, repr. p. 265

Exhibition History

  • European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800, New York World's Fair, 05/01/1939 - 10/31/1939

Verification Level

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