Portrait of Pierpont Morgan
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Frank Holl
1845-1888
England, 1888.
Oil on canvas.
49 3/16 x 39 5/16 inches (1248 x 997 mm); framed: 50 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches (1273 x 1019 mm)
Gift of J.P. Morgan II, 1967.
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Already one of the world's most prominent bankers, Pierpont Morgan was fifty-two years old when he sat for this portrait. Holl diverted attention from Morgan's skin condition, called rhinophyma, which reddened and inflamed his nose. The banker was so fond of the work he gave photographs of it to friends.
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Dated, "1888".
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Comissioned by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1888; John P. Morgan II.
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