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Portrait of an African Man

European Art

MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATES ca. 1600
DIMENSIONS 29 1/4 × 25 in. (74.3 × 63.5 cm) frame: 35 × 31 × 4 in. (88.9 × 78.7 × 10.2 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2021.7
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, and gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, by exchange, Lydia Richardson Babbott Fund, and Museum Collection Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1928, provenance not yet documented; by 1928, acquired by an unidentified private collector of Strasburg, Germany; until 2018, gift of the unidentified private collector to their family in Munich, Germany, by inheritance; 2018, purchased in Munich from an unidentified owner by an unidentified private collector of Passau, Germany; before 2021, acquired from the unidentified Passau collector by James Barry Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland; before 2021, purchased from James Barry Fine Art by Robert Simon Fine Art, New York, NY; June 15, 2021, purchased from Robert Simon Fine Art by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Portrait of an African Man, ca. 1600. Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 × 25 in. (74.3 × 63.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, and gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, by exchange, Lydia Richardson Babbott Fund, and Museum Collection Fund, 2021.7 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.7_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2021.7_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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 <em>Portrait of an African Man</em>, ca. 1600. Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 × 25 in. (74.3 × 63.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, and gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, by exchange, Lydia Richardson Babbott Fund, and Museum Collection Fund, 2021.7 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2021.7_PS11.jpg)