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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H184
People
Mrs. Nils Johann Andersson, Swedish (Ostergotland, Sweden 1817 - 1865 Vatholm, Sweden)
Carl von Linné (1707-1778)
Title
Carl von Linné, called Linnaeus (1707-1778), after A. Roslin
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1856
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Sweden
Culture
Swedish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311409

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55.7 x 47.3 cm (21 15/16 x 18 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of frame, handwritten: Portrait of / Linnaeus at Stockholm, / said by [ label torn ] to be the best / likeness of him / painted for Dr. [ label torn ] by Mrs. / Andersson, the wife of Prof. Andersson / [ label torn ].

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Painted at the request of Dr. Asa Gray; his gift to Harvard University.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Dr. Asa Gray to Harvard University
Object Number
H184
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 86

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