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Self-portrait (?)

Artist Balthasar Denner (German, 1685 - 1749)
Date18th century
MediumOil on wood panel
DimensionsUnframed: 15 5/16 × 12 5/16 inches (38.89 × 31.27 cm)
Framed: 22 1/2 × 19 9/16 × 1 1/4 inches (57.15 × 49.69 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton McGreevy
Object numberF64-51/1
SignedNone
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionBust-length portrait of sparse-haired and bearded old man; head turned to front with gaze to proper right; wears brown fur-trimmed jacket over white shirt open at neck.Exhibition History

Exhibition, The American and Foreign Gallery of Paintings, New York, 1860, no. 67, as Old Head.

Second Conversazione of the Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, February 11, 1864, no. 100, as Old Head.

Possibly Exhibition, Art Gallery of the Sheltering Arms Bazaar, New York, 1870, no. 27, as Head of an Old Man.

Possibly San Francisco Art Association: Fourth Exhibition, San Francisco, 1878, no. 89, as An Old Man’s Head.

Provenance

With Ransom Art Galleries, Oklahoma City, OK, by December 5, 1955;

Purchased from Ransom by Milton W. McGreevy (1903-1980), Kansas City, MO, December 5, 1955-1964;

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1964.

Published References

Catalogue of the American and Foreign Gallery of Paintings, exh. cat. (New York: Joseph Russell, 1860), 14, as by “presumed Denner,” as Old Head.

Second Conversazione of the Art Association of Montreal, exh. cat. (Montreal: Herald Steam Press, 1864), unpaginated, as Old Head.

Possibly Catalogue: Art Gallery of the Sheltering Arms Bazaar, exh. cat. (New York: George F. Nesbitt, 1870), 5, as Head of an Old Man.

Possibly San Francisco Art Association Catalogue: Fourth Exhibition, exh. cat. (San Francisco: San Francisco Art Association, 1878), as An Old Man’s Head.

Possibly Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Pictures and Sculpture from the Collection of the Late Right Hon. Arthur George, Earl of Onslow (Who Died in 1870), Removed from Richmond, and West Clandon Place, Surrey (London: Christie, Manson, and Woods, July 22, 1893), 6, as Head of an Old Man, in dress trimmed with fur.

Possibly Catalogue des tableaux anciens des écoles flamande, hollandaise, etc., composant la collection de M. Valentin-Roussel de Roubaix dont la vent aux enchères publiques aura lieu en la Maison d’art, Avenue de la Toison-d’Or, 56, à Bruxelles, le mercredi 14 juin 1899, à 2 heures de relevée (Brussels: Imprimerie Coosemans, June 14, 1899), 12, as Portrait.

Die Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen Berlin (Berlin: Cassirer, 1929), 41, (repro.), as Bildnis eines Mannes.

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