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.
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.