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A Gentleman
Americanca. 1825
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The subject appears to be seated on a chair carved to resemble bamboo, and lacquered and gilded. The face is somewhat crudely handled, perhaps suggesting the work of an amateur.
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Details
- Title: A Gentleman
- Creator: American
- Date Created: ca. 1825
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: American
- Provenance: A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
- Object Type: miniatures (paintings)
- Medium: watercolor on ivory, hair
- Inscriptions: [Monogram] Engraved on back, bottom: RCN
- Geography: Birth Location: Rovigo, Place of Origin: United States, Death Location: Urbino
- Dimensions: H: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
- Classification: Miniatures
- Accession Number: 38.558
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