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Source Description
Painted during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution (1789–99), this bailiff court lawyer from the city of Caen appears sensibly modest and restrained.
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Document identity
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123416
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Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines
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123416
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object
title
Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines
description
Painted during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution (1789–99), this bailiff court lawyer from the city of Caen appears sensibly modest and restrained.
date
1795
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CC0
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q79900598
creators
1932
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Portrait Miniature
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Framed: 10.5 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
1943.647
Source extras
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watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame
tombstone
Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines, 1795. Lié Louis Périn (French, 1753–1817). Watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame; framed: 10.5 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1943.647
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P - French 18th Century
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. <em>Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> 1951.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 22, p. 36 cat. 73; reproduce plate XXX
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The Edward B. Greene Collection
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2026-05-29 06:20:57.021000
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123416
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European Painting and Sculpture
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P - French 18th Century
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watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame
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