A Young Gentleman of the Tweddell Family
Bernard Lens III
(British, 1682–1740)
1702–1732
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsHeight x width: 7.5 × 5.1 cm (2 15/16 × 2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Berger Collection Educational Trust
Accession number2018.3119
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMiniatures
Collections
ProvenanceOctober 21, 1997, anonymous (“various properties”) sale, Christie’s, London, lot 39, to William Merriam Bart Berger (b. 1925 – d. 1999) and Bernadette Joan Johnson Berger (b. 1940 – d. 2015), Denver, CO; 1999, incorporated into the Berger Collection Educational Trust, Denver; 2018, gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
The Lens