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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A young gentleman

Maker(s)

Painter: Le Nain, Antoine (Formerly attributed to)
Le Nain, Mathieu (Formerly attributed to)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: (?) Anon. sale (Silvestre) ('Catalogue de tableux originaux de grands maitres. Figures en bronze, Vases de marbre, & Porcelaines garnies en bronze doré d'or moulu; Tables de Boule & autres objets curieux') Paris, Hôtel d' Aligre, 16 November 1778, lot 109, bt. Viscount Fitzwilliam

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Circa 1635 - 1640

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on panel

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 328
Primary reference Number: 2761
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 5 July 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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