Portrait of a Man

Description This portrait of an unidentified man is signed at left by the artist. The frame, in silver gilt, dates from the 19th century. The man has powdered hair and he wears a blue velvet coat. Blue silk on the reverse, and loop for hanging.

Provenance William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signaure] Left: Dumont

Credit Acquired by William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters