Portrait of a North African Man (Primary Title)

Horace Vernet, French, 1789-1863 (Artist)

ca. 1857
French
Oil on canvas
Framed: 25 5/8 × 19 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (65.09 × 50.48 × 6.03 cm)
Unframed (Oval): 17 1/2 × 13 3/8 × 7/8 in. (44.45 × 33.97 × 2.22 cm)
2022.4
Lower right, inscribed in wet paint.
What appears to be the numeral "9" is written in chalk on the uppder side of the vertical crossmember of the stretcher.
Gift of the Josephine Bay Paul and Michael Paul Foundation, Inc., and the Charles Ulrick and Joseph Bay Foundation, Inc., by exchange

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