Portrait of a Man

Artist Antonis Mor (Antonio Moro) Netherlandish, circa 1516/1520–circa 1575/1577

Datecirca 1570

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions48 x 35 1/4 in. (121.9 x 89.5 cm)
Frame: 60 x 47 3/8 in. (152.4 x 120.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Price

Object numberG.55.4.1

On View

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ProvenanceCreated Antwerp, Flanders [present day Belgium], ca. 1570. Aufrère (?); Sir Richard Worsley (1751–1805), Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight, England; Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, Brocklesby Estate, Linconshire, England (in 1854), and London (by 1857); Robert Langton Douglas (1864–1951), London; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1916]; Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh, July–December, 1918; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1918–1924]; James Horace Harding (1863–1929), New York, 1925; Thornton Realty, New York (?); Dorothea Elizabeth Allen Barney Harding (1871–1935), New York; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1937]; Estate of Dorothea Elizabeth Allen Barney Harding (1871–1935), New York; [James St. L. O’Toole, New York, 1938]; [Harding sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 1, 1941, no. 58, as Portrait of a Gentleman] [1]; Anton Frederik Philips (1874–1951), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1941; [Lock Galleries, New York, by 1954]; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Price, Greensboro, NC; given to NCMA, 1955.

[1] The work’s pendant, Portrait of a Lady, was listed as lot 57. According at an annotated copy of the catalogue in the RKD, The Hague, the work was bought in and went back to the family.
Published ReferencesGustav F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, Vol. 2 (London: John Murray, 1854), 87. Supplement, Vol. 4, p. 64.

Gustav F. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain (London: John Murray, 1857), 64, 87 (note on lower right).

Charles Blanc, Les Trésors de l'art à Manchester (Paris, 1857), 154.

W. Bürger, Tésors d'art en Angleterre (Paris, 1857), 174.

Henri Hymans, Antonio Moro, Son Oeuvre et Son Temps (Brussels: van Oest and Co., 1910), 135, no. 1, illus. 134.

Lionel Cust, "Notes on Pictures in the Royal Collection," Burlington Magazine 18 (October, 1910-March, 1911), 11.

Martin Conway, ed. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art: Burlington House London, (exhibition catalogue) (London: Country Life, 1927), 94.

G. Marlier, Anthonis Mor van Dashorst (Brussels, 1934), cat. no. 50.

Max. J. Friedländer, "Anton Mor," Die Altniederländische Malerei, Vol. 13 (Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1936), cat. no. 405, pp. 118-132, 176, illus. 76.

James O'Toole, ed., The Collection of the Late J. Horace Harding (New York, 1936), 12.

"Old Masters of J. Horace Harding, Friend of Frick, to Be Dispersed,"Art Digest 13, no. 5 (December 1, 1938), 16.

"The Harding Collection: A Document of American Taste," Art News 37, no. 11 (December 10, 1938), 14, 22.

Seven Centuries of Painting (exhibition catalogue) (San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1939), cat. no. L-30.

"Gallery Opens with Five Centuries of Art," Art Digest 14, no. 3 (November 1, 1939), 14.

"Harding Collection Portraits," Art News 40, no. 1 (February 15-28, 1941), 26.

"Horace Harding Collection in New York Auction," Art Digest 15, no. 10 (February 15, 1941), 26.

“Important Art Property from the collection of the late J. Horace Harding, New
York” (auction catalogue) (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, March 1, 1941), lot 58, illus. (b-w), as Portrait of a Gentleman with pendant, lot 57, Portrait of a Lady.

"The Auction Mart," Art Digest 15, no. 12 (March 15, 1941), 26.

L. C. J. Frerichs, Antonio Moro, Palet Serie (Amsterdam, H.J.W. Becht, 1947), 57, illus. 48.

H. E. van Gelder, Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek I, Palet Serie (1948). [Curatorial file - letter from J.G. van Gelder, 6/8/56].

W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no 60, illus. (b-w).

"Registrar's Report of New Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1957), listed (with references) 26.

Max J Friedländer, Nicole Veronee-Verhaegen, Heinz Norden, Early Netherlandish Painting, Vol. 3 (Leyden: A. W. Sijthoff; Brussels: Éditions de la connaissance, 1968), illus. (b-w) fig. 405.

Max J. Friedländer, "Antonio Mor and His Contemporaries," Early Netherlandish Painting, Vol. 13, transl. by Heinz Norden (Leyden: A. W. Sijthoff, 1975), cat. no. 405, pp. 63-69, 106, 115-116, illus. pl. 196.

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 93.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 84.

Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Portrait of a Gentleman, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 79, illus. (color).

Like Father, Like Son? (exhibition brochure) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2000), illus. (b-w) fig. 1.

Eleanor H. Gustafson, "Museum accessions," Antiques (April 2004), mentioned 28.

Joanna Woodall, Anthonis Mor: Art and Authority (Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2007), noted 413, illus. (color) 416.

Martha Wolff, ed, Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008), discussed 262-63, illus. (b-w) 263, fig. 2.

Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Portrait of a Gentleman, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 178, illus. (color) 179.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, British Institution, "Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Masters," June, 1850, no. 2.

Manchester, Old Trafford Palace, "Art Treasures of the United Kingdom," 1857, no. 496.

London, South Kensington Museum, "The First Special Exhibition of National Portraits ending with the Reign of James the Second," April, 1866, no. 263.

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition: "Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School," 1875, no. 161.

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition: "Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School," 1903, no. 60.

London, Burlington House, "Loan Exhibition of Flemish & Belgian Art," 1927.

Cambridge, MA, Fogg Museum of Art, May-November, 1927.

San Francisco, CA, California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, "Seven Centuries of Painting,"1939-40, cat. no. L-30.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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