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Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

1646
(British, 1608/09–1672)
England, 17th century
watercolor on vellum with gold border in a silver gilt frame
Framed: 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.); Sight: 7.3 x 6.1 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1204
Location: not on view
  • (London sale, 1931). From Lord Brownlow/Brownley(?) Collection; (Leo Schidlof, Paris). Edward B. Greene purchased for £250
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and American Society of Miniature Painters. Four Centuries of Miniature Painting : A Special Exhibition, Including Loans from Museums and Private Collections and Examples from the Museum's Own Collection, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the American Society of Miniature Painters, January 19 - March 19, 1950. New York, 1950. Mentioned: p. 2-3 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, William Milliken and Harry B. Wehle. "Portrait Ministures: The Edward B. Greene Collection." The Cleveland Museum of Art;. Handbook. Cleveland, OH: 1951. Reproduced: p. 25. no. 2
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Reproduced: Plate VI; Mentioned: p. 25 archive.org
    Foskett, Daphne. Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries. London. National Portrait Gallery. Catalogues. 1973-1974. London, UK: H.M. Stationery Off.; distributed by Pendragon House, Palo Alto, CA,1974. Reproduced: p. 12, no. 17
    Foskett, Daphne. Samuel Cooper, 1609-1672. London: Faber, 1974. Mentioned: p. 16, no. 9; reproduced:fig. 9
    Preisner, Olga K., and Hedy Backlin-Landman. The England of William Penn, 1644-1718: An Exhibition Organized in Recognition of the Tercentenary of William Penn's First Landing in America, Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennysylvania, September 8 - October 31, 1982. [University Park]: [The Museum], 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 35-34
    Eschwey, Maymie. Portraits in Miniature: An Introductory Guide. Edina, MN: Alpha editions, 1988. Reproduced: p. 11
    Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto. Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives. 2013. Mentioned: p. 86
    Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2013. Cat. no. 15, pp. 88-90
  • Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
    Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202):September 22, 2008 - January 5, 2009.
    Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
    The England of William Penn, 1644-1718. Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA (September 5-October 31, 1982).
    Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries. National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 6-May 12, 1974).
    Four Centuries of Miniature Painting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (January 18-March 19, 1950).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Woman|url=false|author=Samuel Cooper|year=1646|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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