The Gunther portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
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Title
The Gunther portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
Created/published
Eighteenth century.
Description
1 painting on canvas (oval canvas attached to a rectangular one) : oil ; 76.2 x 65 cm (sight) + frame ca. 35 x 30 in.
Associated name
Gunther, Charles Frederick, 1837-1920, former owner.
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950, former owner.
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950, former owner.
Note
Title from Pressly.
Provenance
Provenance: Charles F. Gunther, Chicago; bought from his estate by Oliver R. Barrett, Chicago.
Source of acquisition
Sold by Barrett, American Art Association, instituted 1883, Madison Ave., 56th and 57th streets, New York; 6 E. 23rd St. [1911], 12 April 1922, lot 752, as "very old and finely executed portrait, said to be the world's best portrait of Shakespeare,'" repr.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 155
Piper, David. Notes of Shakespeare Portraits at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, made November 1962 [typescript], no. 2
Piper, David. Notes of Shakespeare Portraits at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, made November 1962 [typescript], no. 2
Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Item Details
Call number
FPs7 (rack 103-B2)
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1209