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This painting shows a man facing the right. He has pale skin, a prominent nose, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones, a wrinkled brow, dark eyebrows, and a small mole near his mouth, which is set in a neutral expression. There is a hint of purple under his eye. The man has a thick beard and short, dark brown hair. He is dressed in formal attire, with a dark suit over a white collared shirt, and black bow tie. The background is black.
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This painting shows a man facing the right. He has pale skin, a prominent nose, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones, a wrinkled brow, dark eyebrows, and a small mole near his mouth, which is set in a neutral expression. There is a hint of purple under his eye. The man has a thick beard and short, dark brown hair. He is dressed in formal attire, with a dark suit over a white collared shirt, and black bow tie. The background is black.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Abraham Lincoln

Douglas Volk

Date
1908, reworked 1917
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 51.4 x 41 cm (20 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.) framed: 74.3 x 64.3 x 4.8 cm (29 1/4 x 25 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1947.17.17
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • male
  • portrait
  • American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II [M-Z]
  • Lincoln, Abraham
Provenance

Alfred Seligman [d. 1912], New York; his son, Isaac Seligman [d. 1917], New York; presented by a member of his family to a War Relief Sale; purchased by (an unspecified dealer); the artist, Douglas Volk [1856-1935], New York; purchased 2 February 1918 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.

Inscription

lower left: c 1908 / Douglas Volk

NGA object ID 34065. 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.