Visit Join & Give Explore & Learn

The Connoisseur (Gentleman Reading)

<img width="452" height="525" src="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ur367_for-web.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ur367_for-web.jpg 452w, https://bostonathenaeum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ur367_for-web-258x300.jpg 258w" sizes="(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px" />

Artist

Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (1855–1932)

Date

about 1880

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

10 × 8 7/8 in. (25.4 × 22.5 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed lower left: “IM Gaugengigl”

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, Susan Morse Hilles Fund for Art Acquisition, 2016

Object Number

UR367