Portrait of a Man in a Blue Coat
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
24 1/4 x 19 5/8 in. (61.5 x 49.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Accession Number
48.187.735
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the European Paintings gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, wherePortrait of a Man in Blue Coat* invites you into the refined world of French portraiture Created by an anonymous French painter in an unknown date, this oil on canvas measures 24 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches (61.5 x 49.8 cm). The work captures a poised male subject in his striking blue coat, a color often symbolizing status and elegance in European portrait traditions, highlighting the sitter's dignified presence through careful attention to fabric folds and subtle expression. Oil on canvas was a hallmark medium of Europ...
About the Artist
French Painter
"French Painter" is a scholarly attribution designation used by art historians and museum curators to catalogue paintings produced in France — or by artists trained in the French tradition — when the specific creator cannot be identified with confidence. Rather than leave a work without provenance context or assign it speculatively to a named artist, curators apply this designation alongside an ap...