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Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit
18th-century oil painting / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit (formerly known as Portrait of an African) is an 18th-century oil painting of a black man held by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and donated by Percy Moore Turner in 1943. The artist and sitter are unknown.[1]
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Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit | |
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Portrait of an African | |
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Artist | Unknown ![]() |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 61.8 cm (24.3 in) × 51.5 cm (20.3 in) |
Location | Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon |
Owner | Percy Moore Turner ![]() |
Accession No. | 14/1943 ![]() |
Identifiers | Art UK artwork ID: portrait-of-a-man-in-a-red-suit-95600 |
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The earliest provenance is a sale by Christie's in 1931.[1] From 2006 until June 2023, it was attributed to Allan Ramsay, created c. 1757–1760 and believed to be of a young Ignatius Sancho.[2][3][4] Before that, it was proposed in the 1960s to have depicted Olaudah Equiano and to have been painted by Joshua Reynolds c. 1780 with the title Portrait of a Negro Man.[5][6] The painting featured as part of the "Art Everywhere" initiative in the UK in August 2013.[7]