Lot Essay
The sitter is thought to be the artist's father.
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Portrait of gentleman, seated half length at a table, wearing a brown coat, mustard waistcoat and stock, holding his spectacles, with a magazine
Details
Benjamin Duterrau (1767-1851)
Portrait of gentleman, seated half length at a table, wearing a brown coat, mustard waistcoat and stock, holding his spectacles, with a magazine
signed with initials and dated 'BD. 1819' (lower right), chalked 'Royal Academy 1817' on the reverse
oil on canvas
35¾ x 27¾in. (90.8 x 70.5cm.)
Portrait of gentleman, seated half length at a table, wearing a brown coat, mustard waistcoat and stock, holding his spectacles, with a magazine
signed with initials and dated 'BD. 1819' (lower right), chalked 'Royal Academy 1817' on the reverse
oil on canvas
35¾ x 27¾in. (90.8 x 70.5cm.)
Provenance
By direct descent through six generations of the artist's family.
Exhibited
(Probably) London, Royal Academy 1817, no. 545 ('Portrait of a gentleman').
Brought to you by
Amanda Fuller
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