This very plain portrait miniature is of an unknown gentleman. A hoop is attached to the top of the black frame suggesting the piece was used as a necklace.
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); portraits
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Inscriptions: [Signed and dated] Front right: B. Fischer 1835
Dimensions: H: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Classification: Miniatures
Accession Number: 38.533
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