Portrait of a Nobleman, c. 1570

Medium

oil on fir or pine

Dimensions

original panel: 31.2 x 22.7 cm (12 5/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
overall (with wooden shims): 32.4 x 23.6 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)

framed: 47.9 x 38.1 x 7.3 cm (18 7/8 x 15 x 2 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1942.16.1

Artists / Makers

French 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

De Burlett, Berlin.[1] (Étienne Bignou, Paris), by 1927;[2] purchased 25 March 1931 by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Chester Dale Papers, copy in NGA curatorial files, not verified independently. This reference might possibly be to the Berlin dealer Charles Albert de Burlet.

[2] Christian Zervos, "Nos enquêtes: entretien avec Étienne Bignou," Cahiers d'Art 2 (1927): 276. A letter dated 7 August 1931 from Bignou to M. Knoedler & Co., New York, details shipping instructons, M. Knoedler & Co. Records, Getty Research Institute (copy NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Bignou, Etienne
Burlet, Charles A. de
Dale, Chester

Exhibition History

1931: Renoir and His Tradition, Museum of French Art, New York, no. 1.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1927: Zervos, Christian. "Nos enquêtes: entretien avec Étienne Bignou." Cahiers d'Art 2 (1927): 276, repro.

1931: Flint, Ralph. "Renoir and His Tradition Seen in Loan Exhibit, Museum of French Art." Art News 30 (28 November 1931): 5.

1953: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 17, repro.

1965: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 17, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 53.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 45, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 134, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 227, no. 285, color repro., as by French School.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 24, repro.

2009: Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 47, 222-224, color repro.