Portrait of a Man
1795
George Engleheart
George Engleheart (British, 1752–1829)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of a Man, 1795. George Engleheart (British, 1752–1829). Watercolor on ivory in an original gold frame; framed: 7.6 x 6.2 cm (3 x 2 7/16 in.); sight: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1943.640 Engleheart charged 10 to 12 guineas for his miniature portraits; such a fee would have been within the means of aristocratic and upper-middle-class patrons.
- Maker/Artist
- Engleheart, George
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in an original gold frame
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory, original, gold, frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 7.6 x 6.2 cm (3 x 2 7/16 in.); Sight: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1943.640
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202), </em>The Cleveland Musuem of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5, 2009 - April 6, 2009).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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