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Andrew W. Mellon

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Andrew W. Mellon

Philip Alexius de László

Date
1932
Medium
oil and gouache on hardboard
Dimensions
overall: 74.93 × 50.17 cm (29 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
2019.21.1
Credit line
Gift of the Shepard Family
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • British
  • Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Paintings
  • Realist
  • head facing left
  • portrait
  • Mellon, Andrew W.
Provenance

The sitter, Andrew W. Mellon [1855-1937], Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.;[1] gift to his attorney, Donald D. Shepard [1893-1966], Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to his twin daughters, Mary Shepard [d. 2018] and Josephine Shepard; gift 2019 to NGA. [1] The portrait was likely painted in London after Mellon's arrival in April 1932 as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.

Inscription

lower right: de László / 1932

NGA object ID 219336. 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.