Terms and conditions of use
The old bachelor
1885
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Measurements
- 37.2 × 28.0 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in brown paint l.l.: Gerard Portielje Anvers 1885
- Accession Number
- 137-2
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alfred Felton, 1904
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- 19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - Subjects (general)
- Daily Life Human Figures Interiors
- Subjects (specific)
- domesticity elderly men (male humans) repairing rooms (interior spaces) scenes (depictions) seated figures umbrellas
- Provenance
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With H. Koekkoek & Sons (dealer), London and Melbourne, by 1890; exhibited Autumn Exhibition of Pictures, Koekkoek Gallery, Melbourne, 1890, no. 94; collection of Alfred Felton (1831–1904), Melbourne, before 1904; by whom bequeathed to the NGV, 1904.
Exhibited Autumn Exhibition of Pictures, Koekkoek Gallery, Melbourne, 1890, no. 94
Frame
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This frame is in the style of Louis XIV frames rendered on a condensed scale but providing an imposing border for this small scale painting.
The frame makes use of all the ornamented sections by pulling in the edge of the face of the frame to allow the pattern at the back edge to appear as a border around the more detailed front of the frame.
It is most likely the frame in which the painting entered the collection in 1904. - Framemaker
- Unknown - 19th century
- Date
- 1885
- Materials
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timber, composition, gold leaf
- Condition
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good original condition
- Dimensions
- 66.6 x 57.7 x 8.5 cm