Portrait of a Man, c. 1845

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.4 x 61.2 cm (30 1/16 x 24 1/8 in.)

framed: 90.5 x 76.8 x 6.9 cm (35 5/8 x 30 1/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1967.20.4

Artists / Makers

Thomas Skynner (painter) American, active 1840/1852

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from Connecticut. (Thomas D. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1967.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron
Williams, Thomas D.

Exhibition History

1961: 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 68, color repro., as by Unknown. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1968: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 64. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 100, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 222, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 336, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 355, 358, repro. 356.