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Source Description
Bust-length, almost frontal portrait of a dark-haired young man with eyes towards the observer. He wears a navy blue coat and white muslin stock. The gold frame is set with thirty-nine old mine-cut diamonds with a total weight of about 9.5 carats. The sitter appears to wear a diamond stud on his shirt front. The back is decorated with plaited field of hair which covers the whole of the surface. The miniature was probably painted in France.
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Document identity
localId
9524
label
A Gentleman
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
9524
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
A Gentleman
description
Bust-length, almost frontal portrait of a dark-haired young man with eyes towards the observer. He wears a navy blue coat and white muslin stock. The gold frame is set with thirty-nine old mine-cut diamonds with a total weight of about 9.5 carats. The sitter appears to wear a diamond stud on his shirt front. The back is decorated with plaited field of hair which covers the whole of the surface. The miniature was probably painted in France.
provenance
Herbert Lawton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
ca. 1820
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.5
height
4.1
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 1 3/8 x W: 1 5/8 in. (3.49 x 4.13 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed] P
med
watercolor on ivory, gold, diamonds, hair
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6229
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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28bf283766c315af
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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f9bd566fd1024eb6
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no
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no