The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff

c. 1790

Heinrich Friedrich Füger

(German, 1751–1818)
Germany, 18th century
watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame
Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1208
Location: Not on view
  • (Schidlof, Paris, 1929). Purchased October 1929 for £250 by Edward B. Greene.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Mentioned: p. 37, cat. 80; Reproduced: plate XXXVI archive.org
  • Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
    Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1208