Portrait of an African Man
European Art
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
ca. 1600
DIMENSIONS
29 1/4 × 25 in. (74.3 × 63.5 cm)
frame: 35 × 31 × 4 in. (88.9 × 78.7 × 10.2 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, and gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, by exchange, Lydia Richardson Babbott Fund, and Museum Collection Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1928, provenance not yet documented; by 1928, acquired by an unidentified private collector of Strasburg, Germany; until 2018, inherited from the unidentified private collector by their family in Munich, Germany; 2018, purchased in Munich from an unidentified owner by an unidentified private collector of Passau, Germany; before 2021, acquired from the unidentified Passau collector by James Barry Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland; before 2021, purchased from James Barry Fine Art by Robert Simon Fine Art, New York, NY; June 15, 2021, purchased from Robert Simon Fine Art by the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Portrait of an African Man, ca. 1600. Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 × 25 in. (74.3 × 63.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, and gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, by exchange, Lydia Richardson Babbott Fund, and Museum Collection Fund, 2021.7 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.7_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2021.7_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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