Portrait of a Man

Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), Paris, by 1774 [1];

Possibly his sale, Chez François Basan, Paris, May 1775 or November 15, 1775-January 30, 1776, lot 1228 or 1229, erroneously as by Daniel Dumoutier [sic], as either Cinq grosses Têtes d’hommes et femmes, faites avec precisions, aux crayons rouge, noir et blanc or Deux-neuf autres Têtes idem, dessinées d’après nature, et représentant différentes personnes de distinction du siècle [sic] dernier, faites on 1630;

Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran, marquis de Lagoy (1764-1829), Aix-en-Provence, France, by 1829 [2];

Henry Danby Seymour (1820-1877), London, by 1877 [3];

Possibly to his brother, Alfred Seymour (1824-1888), Knoyle House, Wiltshire, UK and Trent, Dorset, UK, by 1877;

To his wife, Isabella Seymour (née Leighton, d. 1911), Knoyle House, Wiltshire, UK and Trent, Dorset, UK, by 1888;

Possibly her posthumous sale, A Valuable Collection of Drawings by Old Masters of the Italian, Dutch and French Schools, also Choice Old Master Engravings and Etchings, Comprising Very Fine Impressions by A. Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, and Rembrandt van Rhyn. Sold by Order of Miss Seymour’s Trustee, Sotheby’s, London, April 26, 1927, lot 17, erroneously as by Daniel Dumonstier, as Portrait of a Gentleman, bust turned to the left;

With Wildenstein and Co., New York, by 1934;

Given by Wildenstein to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] Lugt 1852

[2] Lugt 1710. His posthumous sale featured two drawings by Dumoustier [sic] that do not appear to be ours.

[3] Lugt 176. Henry Danby Seymour never married. Since “Miss Seymour’s Trustee” is listed as being in charge of the collection in the Sotheby’s sale of April 26, 1927, it makes the most sense that Henry Danby Seymour passed his collection onto his brother, Alfred Seymour, and then Alfred’s wife, Isabella Seymour inherited it after his death in 1888.