Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Provenance

Camille Groult (died 1908), Paris [according to Toronto 1972]; by descent to his son, Jean Groult (died 1951), Paris; sold, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, March 21, 1952, lot 19, as "école francaise du XVIIe siècle." Germain Seligman, New York [Collector’s mark; not in Lugt]; sold to the Art Institute, 1958.

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Claude Mellan

c. 1650

Accession Number

8725

Medium

Red and black chalk on buff laid paper

Dimensions

12.7 × 8.7 cm (5 × 3 7/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Everett D. Graff