The Amateur

Description A gentleman in 18th-century dress leans against a high, rug-covered table while writing with a quill. A painting in a gilt frame and a framed drawing have been placed upright on the table resting against the wainscot of the wall. Behind him a page is holding a portfolio of drawings or prints.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/21/1983	Treatment	coated; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced
4/01/2010	Treatment	coated; surface cleaned

Provenance Sold at Baron van Brienen sale, Brussels group, 1865 [1]. Purchased by Goupil et Cie, Paris, May 7 1870; purchased by Thomas McLean, London, August 12 1870. William Walters, Baltimore, before 1878 [mode of aquistion unknown]; by inheritence, Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest, Walters Art Museum, 1931. [1] See notations in Goupil et Cie Stockbook 5, Stock no. 4962, Page 81, Row 2.

Inscriptions "1859 V. Chavet," signed and dated lower right

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878