Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man
- Artist
- North Italian 15th Century
- Artist Dates
- 15th century
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- Portrait of a Man
- Date
- c. 1475/1500
- Medium
- tempera on poplar panel
- Dimensions
- 37 x 27 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/8 in)
- K Number
- K1082
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1939.1.357
- Notes
Provenance
(Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin), by 1929; [1] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York), by 1933; sold March 1937 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; [2] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] Adolfo Venturi, "Un ritratto di Cosmè Tura," _L'arte_ 33 [New Series vol. 1] (May 1930): 283-284. [2] Duveen Brothers lent the painting to the 1933 exhibition in Ferrara. Their letter confirming the sale of twenty-four paintings to the Kress Foundation, including NGA 1939.1.357, is dated 9 March 1937; the provenance is given as "Collection Matthiesen Gallery" (copy in NGA curatorial files; Box 474, Folder 5, Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).