About This Artwork

Italian (Venetian)

Portrait of a Gentleman, 1540/50

Oil on canvas
35 3/8 x 28 3/16 in. (89.8 x 71.6 cm)
Gift of Mr. Chester Tripp, 1954.195

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, 1961, p. 451.

R. Pallucchini, Tiziano, Florence, 1969, vol. 1, pp. 223, 348, vol. 2, pl. 674.

Christopher Lloyd, Italian Paintings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1963, pp. 272-273 (ill.).

Ownership History

E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York; sold to Chester D. Tripp, Chicago, 1945 [according to letter of March 2, 1945 from Silberman to Tripp]; given to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.