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44.2 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men, Unidentified
The men in these portraits have not yet been identified by name. However, the drawings are known or believed to have been done in Europe based on evidence including their inscriptions, clues to the sitters' identities, and the appearance of the sitters and style of the drawings when images are available. Johnson studied and worked in Europe (in Düsseldorf, The Hague, and briefly in Paris) from 1849 to 1855. —AM
Hills no. 44.2.4
Baur no. 357
Portrait of a Man (V. C.)
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College title: Portrait of a Young Man
Alternate titles: A Young Man; Head of a Man; Portrait of a Man
1850
Locale: Düsseldorf, Germany
Charcoal, slight touch of white on brown paper mounted on cloth
23 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. (60.3 x 48.9 cm) (oval, irreg.)
Inscribed: and dated lower right: V. C. 1850
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Provenance
Exhibitions
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson, January 7–26, 1946. (Exhibition catalogue: M. Knoedler & Co. 1946), no. 18, as A Young Man. Traveled to: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 1946 (California Palace 1946).
Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1975.
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia, Seldom Seen: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, January 18–May 23, 2004.
References
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 76, no. 357, as Head of a Man.
Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1946. Exhibition catalogue (1946 M. Knoedler & Co.), n.p., no. 18, as A Young Man.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): March 22, 1971
Examination notes: Note sleekness of hair. Inscription LR: V. C. 1850
Sitter Biography
Sitter: C., V.
Biography:
V. C. (life dates unknown).
Keywords
- Portrait pose
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Record last updated March 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Portrait of a Man (V. C.), 1850 (Hills no. 44.2.4)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1175 (accessed on April 26, 2025).