Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, half-body, in blue coat and
pastel fur collar on paper (four strips of paper added along the edges), mounted on canvas and mounted on a stretcher, oval
72 x 57.5 cm. (28 3/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Probably Salon de la Correspondance, 1782; Nouvelles de la république des lettres et des arts, June 19, 1782, p. 179, no. 16 'Le Portrait de M. Franklin, peint au pastel, par M. Ducreux. Du cabinet d'un Particulier'.
(USD 238,537 - USD 357,805)
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