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Thomas Smith: Portrait of a Man, probably Sir George Downing (1624-1684)  wikidata:Q106856659 reasonator:Q106856659
Artist
Thomas Smith (d. 1691, active 1670s–1680s)
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of a Man, probably Sir George Downing (1624-1684) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of a Man, probably Sir George Downing (1624-1684) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of a Man, probably Sir George Downing (1624-1684) Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Portrait of a Man, probably Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1623–1684)
Date circa 1675
date QS:P571,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1690
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions sight: 110.5 x 91.2 cm (43 1/2 x 35 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q3783572
Current location
Fogg Museum
Accession number
H527
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Object history Descent in Winthrop family to Mrs. Francis Bayard Winthrop, Sr., 1827; bequest to her son, Thomas Charles Winthrop (1797-1873), 1855; to Robert Winthrop, New York, 1919; his gift to Harvard College, 1946.
Exhibition history American Colonial Portraits from the Fogg Art Museum and Harvard University, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 06/01/1983 - 06/30/1983
Credit line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mr. Robert Winthrop, Class of 1926, to Harvard College, 1946
Inscriptions inscription: on rear stretcher in late eighteenth-century hand: "Sir George Downing Bart./ born August 1623--Embassador [sic]/ to the States General 1659-Son of/ Emmanuel Downing & Lucy Winthrop/ 4th daughter of Adam Winthrop-/ The nephew of John Winthrop/ Governor of Massachusetts--His/ diplomatic services...[illegible]... are well known to history."
References Harvard Art Museums artwork ID: 304922 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer harvardartmuseums.org
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