![The image shows a profile portrait of a man from the chest up, positioned sideways, facing right. The man's hair is light in color and styled into a short length with tightly curled locks, ending in a small queue tied with a ribbon at the back. His facial features include a prominent nose and a strong jawline. He is wearing a formal military-style coat with an intricate epaulette on the shoulder and a high collar. The coat is adorned with detailed ornamentation, and beneath it, a ruffled white cravat is visible around his neck. The background is a simple, circular shaded area that contrasts with the lighter tone surrounding it, emphasizing the figure. The name "Ant'e [Anthony] Brock" is written at the bottom.](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/d85bee44-369e-4821-b669-3ace58e0213a/full/!1400,1400/0/default.jpg)
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The image shows a profile portrait of a man from the chest up, positioned sideways, facing right. The man's hair is light in color and styled into a short length with tightly curled locks, ending in a small queue tied with a ribbon at the back. His facial features include a prominent nose and a strong jawline. He is wearing a formal military-style coat with an intricate epaulette on the shoulder and a high collar. The coat is adorned with detailed ornamentation, and beneath it, a ruffled white cravat is visible around his neck. The background is a simple, circular shaded area that contrasts with the lighter tone surrounding it, emphasizing the figure. The name "Ant'e [Anthony] Brock" is written at the bottom.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Anthony Breck
Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin
- Date
- 1798
- Medium
- mezzotint and engraving in black on wove paper mounted to brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- image (irregular): 5.56 × 5.56 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.) sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.51 × 6.19 cm (2 9/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.1584.7.3
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-W
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- engraving
- mezzotint
- Man
- Profile
Provenance
the artist, Dijon, France; Léon Victor Raoul Leclerc, Vicomte de Juigné (the artist's nephew), Dijon, France, 1852; (Henry Stevens, London, England, c. 1859); William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC, c. 1874; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1875; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Inscription
lower center in plate: St. Memin no. 32 Sth. 3d. St. Philadelphia; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Ante. Breck.
NGA object ID 214438. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.