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The old bachelor
1885
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
37.2 × 28.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alfred Felton, 1904
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Gerard Portielje was a painter of genre subjects, in particular of slightly sentimental anecdotal scenes from domestic life. This painting is one of a small group which had been collected by Alfred Felton and was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Victoria on his death in 1904.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: Gerard Portielje Anvers 1885
Accession Number
137-2
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Interiors
Subjects (specific)
domesticity elderly men (male humans) repairing rooms (interior spaces) scenes (depictions) seated figures umbrellas
Provenance
With H. Koekkoek & Sons (dealer), London and Melbourne, by 1890; exhibited Autumn Exhibition of Pictures, Koekkoek Gallery, Melbourne, 1890, no. 94; collection of Alfred Felton (1831–1904), Melbourne, before 1904; by whom bequeathed to the NGV, 1904.
Exhibited Autumn Exhibition of Pictures, Koekkoek Gallery, Melbourne, 1890, no. 94
Frame
This frame is in the style of Louis XIV frames rendered on a condensed scale but providing an imposing border for this small scale painting.
The frame makes use of all the ornamented sections by pulling in the edge of the face of the frame to allow the pattern at the back edge to appear as a border around the more detailed front of the frame.
It is most likely the frame in which the painting entered the collection in 1904.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Date
1885
Materials
timber, composition, gold leaf
Frame Condition
good original condition
Dimensions
66.6 x 57.7 x 8.5 cm