Head of a Gentleman

François Clouet (French, 1510–1572)

1571

Medium/TechniqueOil on paper mounted on wood panel

Dimensions11.43 x 8.25 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2668

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ClassificationsMiniatures

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1926, Edouard Warneck, Paris; May 27-28, 1926, Warneck sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot no. 9 [note 1]. Private Collection, Paris. By 1958, Wildenstein & Co., New York; December 22, 1958, sold by Wildenstein to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

Notes:
[1] Sold as "Maître français, Portrait présumé de Comte de Gordes (Simiane), mignon de Henri III."