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Portrait of a Gentleman

Ebenezer F. Brundage

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait painting of a young man. The man has dark hair parted on the side and combed to the right. He wears a dark suit jacket, a white collared shirt with a fold-over collar and a dark bow tie. The background is a gradient from dark on the left to light on the right. The painting is in a recessed rectangular space in a thick black frame. The artist's name is written vertically on the right side of the recessed space. The image is in black and white. The portrait is titled "Portrait of a Gentleman" and was created by Ebenezer F. Brundage.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
511 × 624 px
Museum record:
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