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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.98
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Portrait of a Laughing Man
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1789
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228841

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.72 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
?Earl of Liverpool. Brisco, Dublin, sold; to [Jacques Seligmann & Co., (before 1935-1947)] sold; to Charles E. Dunlap, New York (1947-1953) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1953.

Notes:
Seligmann purchased painting in Dublin before 1935.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.98
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)

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