This painting depicts a man seated in a chair and facing forward, with his head slightly turned to the left. He has light brown skin, short black hair, prominent sideburns, and brown eyes, with his face is in a neutral expression. His left arm rests over the back of the gilded wooden chair he sits in, and his right hand is tucked into his suit jacket. He is dressed in a black coat with large gold buttons running down the front and on the cuffs. Under the coat is a stiff white collar and a black kerchief or tie, as well as a square orange gem set in gold. The background is mostly a gray-green…
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Portrait of a Man (Possibly Peter Vogelsang Sr.)

painter American 19th Century

probably 1829

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 49.5 x 34.3 cm (19 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.) ; framed: 56 x 40.9 x 3.8 cm (22 1/16 x 16 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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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