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1964.5

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Portrait of a Gentleman

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Artist

Artist Unidentified

Title

Portrait of a Gentleman

Creation Date

ca. 1830

Century

19th century

Dimensions

26 in. x 21 5/16 in. (66.04 cm x 54.13 cm)

Object Type

painting

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

oil on panel

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Hamlin Fund

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1964.5

Neither the sitter nor the artist of this portrait has been identified. However, the Black subject’s attire and pose suggest a certain level of affluence and distinction that was rarely found during in the antebellum period. This painting was purchased for the Museum’s seminal exhibition, The Portrayal of the Negro in American Painting (1964), which examined mostly positive portrayals of African Americans in art between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Keywords: portraits