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Portrait of a Man in a Landscape

Portrait of a Man in a Landscape

c. 1795
(French, 1761–1818)
France, 18th century
watercolor on ivory in a gold engraved frame (probably converted from a snuffbox) with a blue corded silk back
Diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
The Edward B. Greene Collection 1943.636
Location: not on view
  • A. Forgeron Paris, France
    Dec. 3-4, 1909
    (Sale: Forgeron, Paris, France, Dec. 3-4, 1909, no. 164).
    Edouard Warneck, Paris, France
    Nov. 19, 1924
    (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]
    -1930
    (S. J. Phillips, London, England, sold to Edward B. Greene).
    1930-1943
    Edward B. Greene (1878-1957), Cleveland, OH gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1943.
    1943-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • International Exhibition of Miniatures, Vienna, Albertina, (1924). cat. no. 129, repr. pl. VII
    Galerie Leo Schidlof, Vienna. Miniaturensammlung Warneck, II. Teil. 1924. no. 38, pl. III
    British Antique Dealers' Association, and Grafton Galleries (London). Exhibition of Art Treasures: (Under the Auspices of the British Antique Dealers' Association). London: Grafton Galleries, 1928. no. 1181.
    Doria, Arnauld. Gabrielle Capet. Paris: Les Beaux-arts, édition d'études et de documents, 1934. no. 51, repr. pl. XXX, fig. 34
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951. Mentioned and reproduced; p. 33, no. 56, plate XXXIII archive.org
  • 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, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 6, 2009 - October 26, 2009).
    Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
    Art Treasures Exhibition, Association of British Art Dealers, Grafton Gallery, London, (1928).
    International Exhibition of Miniatures, Vienna, Albertina, (1924).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Man in a Landscape|url=false|author=Marie Gabrielle Capet|year=c. 1795|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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