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Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

c. 1795
(German, 1751–1818)
Austria, late 18th century
watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame
Framed: 8.2 x 7.7 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 7.2 x 7 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1207
Location: not on view
  • 1903
    Ritter von Metaxa Collection, Vienna, Austria
    April 4, 1921
    (Sale: Vienna, April 4, 1921, lot 35, illustrated and called "School of Füger")
    Oct. 26, 1927
    (Sale: Gluckselig, Vienna, Oct. 26, 1927, lot 12)
    -1938
    Viktor E. Pollak, Vienna, Austria
    November 20, 1938
    (Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 20, 1938, lot 124)
    1938-1940
    Edward B. Greene (1878-1957), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lister, Raymond, "The Edward B. Greene Collection of Portrait Miniatures", Apollo LV (Jan. 1952). no. 82, p. 37, repr. pl. XLI
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Mentioned: p. 37, cat. 82; Reproduced: plate XLI archive.org
  • Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
    Miniaturen Ausstellung, Salons Friedmann & Weber, Berlin, Germany (1906).
    Miniatur-Porträts. Nordböhmisches Gewerbemuseum, Reichenberg, Germany (1903).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Man|url=false|author=Heinrich Friedrich Füger|year=c. 1795|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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