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Source Description
As a child, Anna Claypoole Peale observed her father James Peale painting miniature portraits and practiced alongside him. She eventually rivaled his success and became one of the leading portrait miniaturists in American during the 1800s. The sitter’s identity is unknown, but her likeness has been skillfully rendered to emphasize her rosy cheeks, pale skin, and red lips. This object was likely gifted as a sentimental memento to a loved one.
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Document identity
localId
166497
label
Portrait of a Woman
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
166497
contentType
object
title
Portrait of a Woman
description
As a child, Anna Claypoole Peale observed her father James Peale painting miniature portraits and practiced alongside him. She eventually rivaled his success and became one of the leading portrait miniaturists in American during the 1800s. The sitter’s identity is unknown, but her likeness has been skillfully rendered to emphasize her rosy cheeks, pale skin, and red lips. This object was likely gifted as a sentimental memento to a loved one.
date
1820
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79996819
creators
57493
genreSpecific
Portrait Miniature
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Framed: 7.1 x 6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
cul
America
accession
2008.229
Source extras
tec
watercolor on ivory on a gilt metal locket with red leather case
tombstone
Portrait of a Woman, 1820. Anna Claypoole Peale (American, 1791–1878). Watercolor on ivory on a gilt metal locket with red leather case; framed: 7.1 x 6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.229
collection
American - Painting
didYouKnow
A compartment on the back of this painting may have originally contained a lock of the sitter’s hair.
citations
citation
Korkow, Cory. "Small Wonders." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 51, no. 1 (January/February 2011): 8-9.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 9
creditline
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:35:46.531000
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166497
dept
American Painting and Sculpture
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American - Painting
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watercolor on ivory on a gilt metal locket with red leather case
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female
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1
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0
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photo
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