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Source Description
This miniature of an unidentified older man has a later gold frame. He wears a powdered wig, a light blue striped coat, and a vest edged with gold embroidery. Jean Coteau was an enameller who worked from about 1782 at the porcelain factory of Sevres where he decorated porcelain with enamels imitating precious stones over stamped paillettes of gold. His name is found on numerous clock-dials of the end of the Louis XVI period.
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Document identity
localId
23837
label
Portrait of a Man
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23837
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Man
description
This miniature of an unidentified older man has a later gold frame. He wears a powdered wig, a light blue striped coat, and a vest edged with gold embroidery. Jean Coteau was an enameller who worked from about 1782 at the porcelain factory of Sevres where he decorated porcelain with enamels imitating precious stones over stamped paillettes of gold. His name is found on numerous clock-dials of the end of the Louis XVI period.
provenance
Likely Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1901 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1777
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.1
height
6.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 13/16 × W: 2 7/16 in. (7.1 × 6.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] At left: Coteau 1777
med
enamel on copper
creator_ids
4227
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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790bb574a4d40d99