Portrait of a Gentleman
ArtistAttributed to
Alessandro Longhi
(Italian, 1733-1813)
CultureItalian
Date18th century
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 93 x 62 in. (236.2 x 157.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1302
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting. Full-length portrait of a well-dressed gentleman. He is standing on an oriental rug and against a dark red curtain. He points to papers on a desk. ProvenanceCollection of Baron Franchetti, son of Baroness Franchetti, nee Baroness Rothschild of Viennna, proprietor of the famous palazzo of the Ca d'Oro on the Grand Canal, Venice; Jamarin, Paris, March 2, 1954; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., March 2, 1954-1971; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1971. Published ReferencesPaolo Delorenzi, _La Galleria di Minerva: Il Ritratto di Rappresentanza nella Venezia del Settecento_ (Verona: Cierre edizioni, 2009), 261 fig. 107, 271 fig. 126. ISBN: 978-88-8314-511-7
ca. 1615