Portrait of a Musician

Description

This unsigned panel depicts an unidentified musician, seen at half-length. He holds a score, which is legible, but not yet identified. The man wears a black coat; plain, high-collared white shirt, and a white cravat, a style broadly fashionably among European elite and bourgeois men in the years around 1800.

Provenance

Hazlitt Gallery (London, England), sold to Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 1974; Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 1974-2010; [died 2010 (Gates Mills, Ohio)], upon his death, held in trust by the estate; Estate of Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 2010; The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Musician

Andrea Appiani

c. 1800

Accession Number

2011.46

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

Framed: 72 x 57 x 6.5 cm (28 3/8 x 22 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 43.8 x 60.3 cm (17 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.