FDA-P.413-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.413-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Matthew Pinsent
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a man wearing a black blazer, white shirt and pink tie
Comments
The sitter was a pupil at Eton from 1983 to 1988.
Sir Matthew Pinsent (JWT & NRC, 1988) is depicted here in the jacket of the Great Britain team for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. During his rowing career, he won 10 World Championship gold medals. He began in the Junior Colts B in 1985, and was in the Eton VIII in 1987 and 1988.
Sir Matthew Pinsent (JWT & NRC, 1988) is depicted here in the jacket of the Great Britain team for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. During his rowing career, he won 10 World Championship gold medals. He began in the Junior Colts B in 1985, and was in the Eton VIII in 1987 and 1988.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Half-length
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1200mm
width (sight size): 900mm
height (frame): 1380mm
width (frame): 1070mm
width (sight size): 900mm
height (frame): 1380mm
width (frame): 1070mm
Inscription
Signed and dated in oil paint, lower right: 'Brason 2001'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved painted black wood frame
Production
Person
Brason, Paul, 1952 - ? (Artist)
Date
2001
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'Sport at Eton', Verey Gallery, 24 April to 13 December 2024
