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Portrait of a Young Man
Provenance
Private collection, England. Private collection, United States, by 1953; with Hills Jewelers, Piermont, NY, by November 1953 [Victor D. Spark papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, copy in curatorial object file]; sold with another Wollaston portrait (1953.462) to Victor D. Spark (1898–1991), Hirschl and Adler Gallery, and possibly Graham Gallery, New York, by November 1953 [Victor D. Spark papers, Archives of American Art, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.
Exhibition history
New York, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Pictures on Exhibit, Dec. 1953, back cover (ill.).
Publications
Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), 485 (ill.). David R. Hanks, "American Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago," The Magazine Antiques 104 (Sept. 1973): 410 (ill). Ulysses G. Dietz, American Art in The Newark Museum: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, (Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1981), 397.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Wollaston (American, born England, c. 1710–c. 1775)
- Date
- 1749–52
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 133.4 × 107.6 cm (52 1/2 × 42 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Goodman Fund
- Accession no.
- 1953.463
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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