Portrait of an Artist (Augustin Ritt?)
18th century
Medium/TechniquePastel over graphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.7 x 17.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Framed: 39.4 x 34.3 cm (15 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Framed: 39.4 x 34.3 cm (15 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2568
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPastels
Collections
ProvenancePrivate collection, Russia [see note 1]. By 1928, David David-Weill (b. 1871 - d. 1952), Paris and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; 1937, sold by David-Weill to Wildenstein and Co., Paris and New York [see note 2]. December 22, 1944, sold by Jacques Helft and Co., New York to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Gabriel Henriot, Collection David-Weill, volume 3, Dessins, part 1 (Paris, 1928), p. 101. [2] See "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20. The drawing was included in the exhibition "French XVIII Century Pastels, Water Colors, and Drawings from the David-Weill Collection" (Wildenstein and Co., New York, November-December, 1938), no. 91.
NOTES:
[1] Gabriel Henriot, Collection David-Weill, volume 3, Dessins, part 1 (Paris, 1928), p. 101. [2] See "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20. The drawing was included in the exhibition "French XVIII Century Pastels, Water Colors, and Drawings from the David-Weill Collection" (Wildenstein and Co., New York, November-December, 1938), no. 91.
Unidentified artist, French, third quarter 18th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1850–55
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
