Portrait of a Man in a Landscape

Marie-Gabrielle Capetc. 1795

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Title: Portrait of a Man in a Landscape
Creator: Marie Gabrielle Capet (French, 1761-1818)
Date Created: c. 1795
Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Provenance: A. Forgeron Paris, France, (Sale: Forgeron, Paris, France, Dec. 3-4, 1909, no. 164)., Edouard Warneck, Paris, France, (Sale: Edouard Warneck, Schidlof, Vienna Nov. 19, 1924, no. 38, pl. III)., [Possibly sold by Phillips to Nachemsohn, dealer in London, only to buy it back in 1927], (S. J. Phillips, London, England, sold to Edward B. Greene)., Edward B. Greene (1878-1957), Cleveland, OH gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1943., The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Portrait Miniature
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.636
Medium: watercolor on ivory in a gold engraved frame (probably converted from a snuffbox) with a blue corded silk back
Inscriptions: signed lower right: Capet
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: France, 18th century
Credit Line: The Edward B. Greene Collection
Collection: P - French 18th Century
Accession Number: 1943.636

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