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The image shows the upper half of a man's body. He is seated, resting his right arm on the arm of a chair. The man has fair skin, dark curly hair, and a composed expression. He is dressed in formal attire, including a white shirt, vest with red, white, and green or blue stripes, and a dark jacket. The background is a blend of browns.
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The image shows the upper half of a man's body. He is seated, resting his right arm on the arm of a chair. The man has fair skin, dark curly hair, and a composed expression. He is dressed in formal attire, including a white shirt, vest with red, white, and green or blue stripes, and a dark jacket. The background is a blend of browns.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Biel Le Doyt

Erastus Salisbury Field

Date
1827
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 76.4 x 58.5 cm (30 1/16 x 23 1/16 in.) framed: 83.2 x 65.4 x 5.7 cm (32 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1971.83.3
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • male
  • portrait
  • American Naive Paintings
  • Naive
  • Le Doyt, Biel
Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. (Victor Spark, New York), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1971.

Inscription

on reverse (no longer visible, photo in object file [1971.83.3] in NGA curatorial records): Biel Le Doyt. / Aged 24 years / Painted by / Erastus S. Field / Worcester, Mass. / 1827.

NGA object ID 52949. 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.