Portrait of a Seated Gentleman [SEP] creator
Portrait of a Seated Gentleman
Portrait of a Seated Gentleman is a portrait painted by Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre in 1785. Neither the subject nor the provenance before 1928 are known.
Description.
The canvas, signed B. N. De La Pierre, is dated 1785 and measures 29-1/2 inches (height) by 24-1/2 inches (width). It shows an 18th-century gentleman sitting at a desk and beginning to write on a single sheet of paper. On the desk in the foreground is displayed a copy
Edinburgh.
Known Works.
- Portrait of a Lady and her Daughter (1839)
- William Wailes stained glass artist (1845), Shipley Art Gallery
- Portrait of a Young Boy (1846)
- Cottages by a Shack (1847)
- Portrait of Lt Joseph Egerton Cockburn RN (c.1868)
- Portrait of two Children gathering Wild Flowers
- Portrait of a Lady seated at a table
- Gentleman and Son seated by a window.