Portrait of a Seated Gentleman
- Portrait of a Seated Gentleman
Portrait of a Seated Gentleman is a portrait painted by Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre in 1785.
Description
Canvas, signed B. N. De La Pierre, is dated 1785 and measures 29-1/2 inches (height) by 24-1/2 inches (width). It shows an 18th-century gentleman sitting at a desk and beginning to write on a single sheet of paper. On the desk in the foreground is displayed copy of “De la Caisse d’Escompte,” a financial pamphlet published on 17 May 1785 by the French orator and statesman Mirabeau (Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau).This portrait was painted several years before Mirabeau achieved prominence.
Provenance
The provenance before 1928 is unknown.
* 1 October 1928, Ugo Bardini (son of the art collector Stefano Bardini) sells to the art dealer [http://www.agnewsgallery.com/about.cfm Thos. Agnew & Sons, London]
* 5 March 1929, Thos. Agnew & Sons sells to art collector and New York Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Josef Stransky
* 6 March 1936, passes to Stransky’s widow upon his death
* 16 October 1954, following Mrs. Stransky's death, Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York sells entrepreneur and art collector Mr. O. Roy Chalk
* 1 December 1995, passes to Claire Chalk upon the death of her husband
* 14 April 1996, Mrs. Chalk sells to an anonymous buyer at C. G. Sloan & Company in Bethesda, Maryland
ubject
Speculation that the painting might depict the author of the pamphlet (Mirabeau) is refuted by comparing the sitter to known images of MirabeauFact|date=August 2008.
References
External links
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/629174/nicolas-benjamin-delapierre.html www.artnet.com]
* [http://www.mysteryportrait.com/ www.mysteryportrait.com]
* [http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=787181 google.answers.com]
* [http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/musei/bardini/ Bardini Art Collection]
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