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Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev
Heinrich Fügerc. 1785
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Heinrich Füger, known as the "Cosway of Vienna," was born in Germany and studied in Italy and Vienna, where he became a court painter to the imperial family. Like Cosway, Füger drew his clientele from aristocratic circles. However Füger was less flamboyant than Cosway, capable of capturing the sitter's individual character and personality.
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- Title: Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev
- Creator: Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, 1751-1818)
- Date Created: c. 1785
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)
- Type: Portrait Miniature
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1141
- Medium: watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Germany, 18th century
- Credit Line: The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Collection: P - German before 1800
- Accession Number: 1942.1141
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