Portrait of a Man, (painting).

Portrait of a Man, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890, painter. (formerly attributed to)

Portrait of a Man, (painting).

Stephen Collins Foster, (painting).

29 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (75.6 x 62.2 cm).

University of Pittsburgh, Stephen Forster Memorial Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

The painting was formerly identified as an 1852 portrait of Stephen Foster by Thomas Hicks. It was purchased from a Long Island art dealer named Fred J. Peters in the 1930s by Andrew Mellon, who donated the painting to the library in 1937. When the painting was cleaned in 2002, it was discovered that the image of Stephen Foster was painted over a portrait of a middle-aged, portly gentleman. The original painting was most likely painted in the 19th century and is unsigned.

Inventory staff, 2008.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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