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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.485
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Portrait of a Man
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
mid-16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227510

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on cradled oak panel
Dimensions
105.5 x 74 cm (41 9/16 x 29 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on back of frame, in white chalk: Sir Francis Bacon
  • plaque: brass plaque attached to back of frame: Bacon, Sir Francis, Baron / Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626 / Lord High Chancellor of England

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Fund
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.485
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Verification Level

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