Portrait of a Man
Artist
Unknown
Formerly attributed to
William M. S. Doyle
(American, 1769 - 1828)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1830
MediumWatercolor on paper;
Pressed and gilded tin case with repoussé relief on the back; empty hair reserve
DimensionsSight: 2 1/8 × 1 13/16 inches (5.4 × 4.6 cm)
Framed: 2 3/8 × 1 15/16 inches (6.03 × 4.92 cm)
Framed: 2 3/8 × 1 15/16 inches (6.03 × 4.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr through the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF92-27
InscribedNone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionThe sitter is seen bust length, with his body turned three-quarters to the right, and his face seen almost straight on, save for light sideburns, and wears a white upturned color and stock, over which is worn a vest with horizontal stripes, which is only partially visible, under a coat with straight lapels.ProvenanceMr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by July 16, 1992 [1];
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1992.
[1] In a memorandum from museum director Marc Wilson to curator Eliot Rowlands dated July 16, 1992, Wilson writes, “I am pleased to learn that Mrs. Starr would like to make a gift of the miniature which Robin Bolton-Smith of the National Museum of American Art has attributed to William M.S. Doyle (1769–1828).” Note that the miniature has since been de-attributed. See NAMA curatorial files.
Blythe Sobol, “Unknown, Portrait of a
Man, ca. 1830,” catalogue entry in Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Blythe Sobol,
and Maggie Keenan, The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures,
1500–1850: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, vol. 1, ed.
Aimee Marcereau DeGalan (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
2024), https://doi.org/10.37764/8322.5.3228.)
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