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John Hesselius

Thomas Marsh

1759

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John Hesselius

Thomas Marsh

1759

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, Framed: 42 1/8 x 36 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (107 x 92.1 x 8.6 cm) Unframed: 35 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (91.1 x 77.2 cm) Sight: 35 1/2 x 30 in. (90.2 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Betty Wickes Nichols, in Memory of her Parents, Dr. and Mrs. Walter Forman Wickes
Object Number 1991.239
Half-length figure of a man standing turned one-quarter right. His right arms rests on marble-top table; left hand in unbuttoned vest. Grey wig. White neckband; lace ruffle on shirt front, and lace cuffs. Dark background on left; window on right exposes sky and trees in far background.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1991; descended in the family of the donor.
Richard K. Doud, "John Hesselius, Maryland Limner." Winterthur Portfolio 5 (1969): 129-53. p 132

Inscribed: FACE: l.r., on balustrade 'J. Hesselius pinx 1760'. VERSO: Label, u.l., on stretcher 'LOAN (typed/'92.1957' (handwritten); same label, u.l. frame; maskinbg tape, u.l., frame, with (marker) 'PHOTO/2'.

Artist

John Hesselius

1727–1777

American, 1728-1778
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