Perlman Teaching Museum - Portrait of young man (copy of Velazquez painting)

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Portrait of young man (copy of Velazquez painting)

1897
19th century
35 in. x 26 3/4 in. (88.9 cm x 67.95 cm)

Louis Mayer, American, (1869–1969)

Object Type: Paintings

Creation Place: Europe, Germany

Medium and Support: Oil on canvas

Credit Line: Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Sandro Mayer, parent class of 1967

Accession Number: 1997.266

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19th Century, American*, canvas*, oil (substance)*, oil painting (technique)*, oil paintings (visual works)*, paintings (visual works)*, portraits*, portraits

19th Century
American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
canvas - Closely woven textile made in various weights, usually of flax, hemp, jute, or cotton, used especially for sails, tarpaulins, awnings, upholstery, and as a support for oil painting. Also used for a latticelike mesh made of similar material, used as a needlepoint foundation.
oil (substance) - General term for a wide variety of viscous liquids (or easily liquefiable on warming) that are both combustible and immiscible in water. The character of oils may be mineral (e.g., paraffin), vegetable (e.g., linseed), animal (e.g., fish), essential (e.g., turpentine), or edible (e.g., olive).
oil painting (technique) - The art or practice of producing creative works in oil paint, which is pigment suspended in vegetal drying oils. It dates from at least the Middle Ages in Europe, and was widely adopted for easel painting by the fifteenth century.
oil paintings (visual works) - Creative works in the medium of oil paint.
paintings (visual works) - Unique works in which images are formed primarily by the direct application of pigments suspended in oil, water, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid, arranged in masses of color, onto a generally two-dimensional surface.
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness. For representations of fictional or mythological characters, see "figures (representations)."
portraits

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image Dimensions: 35 x 26 3/4 in. (889 x 679 mm)

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Portrait of young man (copy of Velazquez painting)