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.
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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