Portrait of a Gentleman

Pompeo Batoni painted the Portrait of a Gentleman in 1762 in oil on canvas. The earliest documented owner in the modern provenance record is the Spanierman Gallery in New York, which held the work in 1965. On 15 February 1967, Joseph F. McCrindle of New York purchased the painting from the gallery, as documented by an invoice preserved in the curatorial files of the National Gallery of Art.

McCrindle, who lived from 1923 to 2008, retained the portrait until 2004, when he gave it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where it remains in the collection. No information is available on the original sitter's identity, the circumstances of Batoni's commission, or any intermediate owners prior to the gallery's 1965 holding.

Portrait of a Gentleman (1762) by Pompeo Batoni is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The work entered the museum’s collection as a gift in 2004 from Joseph F. McCrindle, who acquired it from the Spanierman Gallery in New York on 15 February 1967. Its collection inventory number is not disclosed in the cited documentation. The painting has not been listed in any exhibition records within the provided sources, indicating that no documented exhibition history is available from the referenced materials.

Pompeo Batoni's "Portrait of a Gentleman," painted around 1762, is an oil on canvas depicting an unidentified male sitter. This work exemplifies Batoni's skill in portraiture, presenting a figure seated in an elegant manner. The artist's focus on realistic detail, particularly in the subject's attire and facial features, contributes to the painting's lifelike quality and serious tone.