Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
John Tolman
(American, 1777 - 1863)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1815
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 3/8 x 22 in. (74.6 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of a man shown from the torso up. He looks out, from the right, and holds his right hand in his black jacket. Underneath the jacket he has a colorful yellow vest with a star pattern and a white shirt with a bowtie at the neck. His hair and sideburns are brown, and seemed to be styled so the thin curls lay along his face, framing it. The background is a grayish-green color.Label TextPortrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1815 American Oil on canvas Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.10 ProvenanceMrs. Cecil Bloxom, June 28, 1956; Purchased by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1956; Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to The Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1976. Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. Published ReferencesForeword by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., preface by Clifford W. Schaefer, and introduction by Dennis R. Anderson, _48 Masterpieces from the Collection of Edgar William & Bernice Chrysler Garbisch_ (Norfolk, Va.: The Chrysler Museum, 1975), 42, plate 22.
