- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- John Chardin
- Provenance
- Lent by the Ashmolean Museum in 1951. Given to the Ashmolean Museum by the subject's eldest son Sir John Chardin, Bt.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Anno 1711 AEtatis 68"
- Object type
- Oil painting
- Dimensions
- Height: 1400mm Width: 1430mm
- Inventory No
- 72661
- Accession Number
- 1951-47
Description
THIS PORTRAIT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REINTERPRETATION. We are working with a history of art undergraduate in 2020 to understand and draw attention to the boy of colour holding the map.
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Portrait of Sir John Chardin, oil on canvas, dated 1711, by an unknown British artist.
Elaborate gilt frame incorporating an inscription commemorating the gift of the picture to the Ashmolean Museum by Chardin's eldest son, and various scientific instruments: telescopes, nocturnals, backstaves and cross-staves.
