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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.85
People
Unidentified Artist
Attributed to Antoine-Jean Gros, French (Paris 1771 - 1835 Meudon)
Title
Portrait of an Actor
Other Titles
Alternate Title: A Seated Young Man / Gentleman Reading a Book - the Actor Raucourt
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228710

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
93.66 x 72.39 cm (36 7/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r. Baron Gros

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur Hunnewell Shaw, bequest to wife, 1951.
Mrs. Akrata von S. Shaw, by bequest from husband, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Akrata von S. Shaw in memory of her late husband, Arthur Hunnewell Shaw
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.85
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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), p. 111; repr. as no. 269

Verification Level

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