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About the Artwork

Portrait of a Man

17th century

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Flemish

Unknown

Oil on oak panel

Unframed: 15 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (38.7 × 28.9 cm) Framed: 26 1/2 × 22 3/8 × 1 5/8 inches (67.3 × 56.8 × 4.1 cm)

Paintings

European Painting

Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

53.357

This work is in the public domain.

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Provenance

private collection (England)

1926, Henry Reinhardt and Son, (New York, New York, USA)

purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Whitcomb (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1953-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

The Third Loan Exhibition of Old Masters. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1926, no. 39 [as Van Dyck].

Fifth Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, October 1927, p. 32, cat. 53 [lent by Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb-entry by W. Heil].

Heil, W. "The Edgar B. Whitcomb Collection in Detroit," Art in America, vol. 16, no. 2 (1928): p. 50, (fig. 1) [as by Van Dyck].

Loan Exhibition of Fifty Paintings by Anthony van Dyck. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 3-20, 1929, (unpaginated), cat. 38 [lent by Mr and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb (as by Van Dyck); cat. entry by W. R. Valentiner & L. J. Walther].

Loan Exhibition....by Rubens... and van Dyck. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles, 1946, cat. 60 [as by Van Dyck].

Richardson, E.P. Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts to The Detroit Institute of Arts. 1954, pp. 56-57 [as by Van Dyck].

Pictures on Exhibit, vol. 17, no. 8 (May 1954): p. 40, (repr.).

Old Master Painting. Exh. cat., Albion College. Albion, MI, 1959 [as by Van Dyck].

Held, J.S. Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century: The Collections of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, pp. 48-50, (repr.) [as Flemish artist].

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Flemish, Portrait of a Man, 17th century, oil on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 53.357.

Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man