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Portrait of a Gentleman
n.d.
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 3/8 in. (8.7 x 6.1 x 1.0 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence S. Berryman
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
The profile view of this young gentleman highlights his good posture, hairstyle, and sophisticated clothing. The artist used warm, golden colors to paint this portrait, which together with the sitter’s bright yellow collar, suggests a cheerful personality.
