Oil paint on canvas
Tate Britain
Tate Collection
Works with images
Works on display
General Collection
Collection
Unknown artist, Britain
Unknown Man
Purchased 1942
adults
black
clothing and personal items
ethnicity
individuals: male
man
objects
people
portraits
turban
<p>We don’t know the identity of the young man represented here or the artist who painted this work. The sitter’s luxurious jacket and waistcoat are Albanian, but his turban and loose trousers appear to be Turkish or north African. At the time, artists often depicted Black people in costume and not named. The picture follows artistic conventions of portraiture, with its focus on the man’s facial features and high-status dress. The combination of different styles suggests he might be intended to represent a character from Romantic poetry.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2023</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
4 April 2014 – 28 September 2014
2014-09-28
4 April 2014 – 28 September 2014
2014-09-28
2014-04-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-04-04
Source
Collection based display
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Unknown Man
support: 1283 × 1016 mm
frame: 1385 × 1135 × 73 mm
Purchased 1942
<div><p><span>We don’t know the identity of the young man represented here or the artist who painted this work. The sitter’s luxurious jacket and waistcoat are Albanian, but his turban and loose trousers appear to be Turkish or north African. At the time, artists often depicted Black people in costume and not named. The picture follows artistic conventions of portraiture, with its focus on the man’s facial features and high-status dress. The combination of different styles suggests he might be intended to represent a character from Romantic poetry.</span></p></div>
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2024-04-22T00:00:00
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adults black clothing and personal items ethnicity individuals: male man objects people portraits turban