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A Gentleman

L. Fischer (?)1835

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

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.

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  • Title: A Gentleman
  • Creator: L. Fischer (?)
  • Date Created: 1835
  • 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: L. Fischer (?)
  • 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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