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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H75
People
Attributed to Jan van der Spriett, Dutch (Delft, Holland born c. 1650 London, England (?))
Previously attributed to Attributed to John Smibert, American (Edinburgh, Scotland 1688 - 1751 Boston, MA)
Title
Portrait of a Man (once thought to be Benjamin Colman)
Other Titles
Former Title: Benjamin Colman (1673-1747)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304950

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
77.2 x 64.5 cm (30 3/8 x 25 3/8 in.)
framed: 99.7 x 87 x 9.8 cm (39 1/4 x 34 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Mrs. Benjamin (Louisa) Waterhouse to Harvard College, 1863

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin (Louisa) Waterhouse to Harvard College, 1863
Object Number
H75
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 13
  • Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 42-43
  • Alan Burroughs, Limners and Likenesses: Three Centuries of American Painting, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 25
  • Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration, American Portraits, 1620-1825, found in Massachusetts, Volumes 1 and 2, Historical Records Survey (Boston, MA, 1939), p. 89, cat. 474
  • Jonathan Edwards, Letters and Personal Writings, ed. George S. Claghorn, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1998)

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