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James Milliken Jr.
Provenance
The sitter's sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Spens (née Milliken; 1741–1774); by descent within the Spens family to Sir Will Spens (1882–1962), Cambridge; by descent (offered for sale , Duke & Sons, Dorchester, Nov. 4, 2004, lot 270, unsold); sold to a private collection, United Kingdom, 2006; sold through Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker, London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Publications
"The Blue Man," Studio International (Oct. 25, 2004) (ill.). Marcel Roethlisberger and Rénee Loche, Liotard: Catalogue, Sources et Correspondance (Doornspijk: Davaco, 2008), vol 1: pp. 565–66, no. 425, fig. 618. Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 (online edition), Liotard, Part IV, p. 7, no. J.49.2111 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Étienne Liotard / Swiss, 1702–1789
- Date
- c. 1761
- Medium
- Pastel on parchment
- Dimensions
- 68.8 × 58.2 cm (27 1/8 × 22 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- prints and drawing
- Place
- Switzerland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Regenstein Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 2023.2838
More by Jean-Étienne Liotard in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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