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Portrait of an Artist

This project follows an oil painting in the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke U...

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Portrait of an Artist, Joseph Wright of Derby, attributed, Dates Unknown, oil on canvas, 62.2cm x 74.0cm



  • Molly Boarati changed Note #1970 from "The painting was inherited by Mary Lillian Duke Biddle's daughter, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans." to "The painting was inherited by Mary Lillian Duke Biddle's daughter, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC." on 04/10/2018
  • Molly Boarati changed Note #1971 from "Painting was bequested by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans to the Nasher Museum of art in 2013. " to "Painting was bequested by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC in 2013. " on 04/10/2018

Unknown — 1931

Dr. Hans Wendland Collection Sale, Hermann Ball/Paul Graupe Auction House, Berlin, April 24, 1931.

by Molly Boarati 04/10/2018


1931 — 1932

Estate of Dr. James Simon sale, Rudolph Lepke auction house, Berlin, November 29, 1932.

by Molly Boarati 04/10/2018


1955 — 1960

By 1955, the painting belonged to Mary Lillian Duke Biddle in Durham, NC.

by Molly Boarati 04/10/2018


1960 — 2013

The painting was inherited by Mary Lillian Duke Biddle's daughter, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC.

by Molly Boarati 04/10/2018


2013 — Present Day

Painting was bequested by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC in 2013.

by Molly Boarati 04/10/2018


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