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Portrait of an Unknown Man

Artist: Jacques Amans, 1801-1888, active in America 1836-1856
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1845
Dimensions: 37 1/2 x 29 15/16 in. (95.2 x 76 cm)
Signature: Signed upper right: "Amans 1845"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 28.208
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 28.208_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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