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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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