About the Artwork
Frederick Augustus, Count Rutowski
ca. 1729
Nicolas de Largillière
1656-1746
French
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 29 1/4 × 22 7/8 inches (74.3 × 58.1 cm) Framed: 36 1/2 × 31 × 2 3/4 inches (92.7 × 78.7 × 7 cm)
Paintings
European Painting
Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund
80.45
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, verso of original canvas before relining: Peint par N. de Largilliere, 1729
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Provenance
before 1980, private Polish collection (Paris, France)
by 1980, sold to (Andrew Ciechanowiecki, Heim Gallery, London, England)
1980-present, purchase by Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hackanson Colby, Joy. "For Fans of Polish Art, 'The Count' bows at DIA." The Detroit News (October 15, 1980): p. 6D.
"Curatorial Reports," Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 4 (1981): pp. 110-115, p. 113, 117.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Nicolas de Largillière, Frederick Augustus, Count Rutowski, ca. 1729, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 80.45.
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