Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man wearing a cloth wrapped around his head looks at us in this vertical painting. The man’s shoulders are angled to our right, but he turns his round face to us to gaze out of the corners of his blue eyes under furrowed brows. His head tips slightly to our right, and his pink lips are parted. He has a rounded nose, full checks, and a slight double chin. The cloth wrapped around his head is white striped with pale blue. He wears a coral-orange and white neckerchief tied in a knot at his throat and a slate-blue collarless jacket. The…
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Portrait of a Man

painter Anonymous Artist

Follower of related artist Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699 - 1779)

18th century

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 51 x 41.3 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/4 in.) ; framed: 70 x 60 x 8.6 cm (27 9/16 x 23 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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