Portrait of an Artist

Provenance

Presumably Prince Anatole Demidoff, Villa San Donato, near Florence (died 1870); by descent to his nephew Prince Paul Demidoff (died 1885) and included in the sale of the contents of Villa San Donato, March 15, 1880, lot 1105, bought in; remained in the Demidoff collection, passing into the possession of Paul Demidoff’s widow, Helena Troubetskoi, Pratolino, near Florence; included in the group of 13 paintings from the Demidoff collection sold to trustees of the Art Institute through Durand-Ruel, Paris in 1890; purchase price reimbursed by Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894.

Portrait of an Artist

Follower of Frans Hals

1644

Accession Number

862

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

82.6 × 64.8 cm (32 1/2 × 25 1/2 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Hutchinson Colln. Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson