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Source Description
A self-taught artist, Augustin established his reputation as a portrait miniaturist by exhibiting works at the Paris Salon. A number of artists soon began to list themselves as his pupils. Members of the imperial family, and, after Napoleon's fall, the Bourbon monarchs were among his sitters.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35449
label
Portrait of a Woman
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35449
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Woman
description
A self-taught artist, Augustin established his reputation as a portrait miniaturist by exhibiting works at the Paris Salon. A number of artists soon began to list themselves as his pupils. Members of the imperial family, and, after Napoleon's fall, the Bourbon monarchs were among his sitters.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1800
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] At left: Augustin
med
watercolor on ivory, gilt metal frame
creator_ids
2984
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3a8deb2538f7ed7c