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Portrait of a Man (Diego Martelli)

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

French, 1834–1917

Portrait of a Man (Diego Martelli)

c. 1879

Medium white chalk and oil on panel
Dimensions 16 1/8 x 12 11/16 in. (40.9 x 32.2 cm)
Object Number 2006.11
Acquisition Gift of Dorothy M. Skinner and John S. Cook, 2006
Status On View

Image Caption

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Portrait of a Man (Diego Martelli), c. 1879, white chalk and oil on panel. Clark Art Institute, gift of Dorothy M Skinner and John S Cook, 2006.11

Select Bibliography

Paul-André Lemoisne. Degas et son oeuvre. V. 5, A Supplement. ed. P. Brame & T. Reff. New York: Garland. 1984. . Verzameling Sir Edward en Lady Hulton, Londen. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, November 27, 1964 - January 17, 1965. 1965. . Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London. Kunsthaus Zürich, December 3, 1967 - January 7, 1968. 1968. Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.

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Provenance

[The Matthiesen Gallery, London]; Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, London (by 1957–until at least 1968); private collection, London; [Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, sold to Cook, 15 Aug. 1984, as Portrait d’homme]; John S. Cook, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (1984–2006, given to the Clark, as Portrait of a Man); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2006.

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