id:			108522
accession number:	1926.229
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.229
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:06.381000

Portrait of a Man, c. 1795–1800. Nicholas Freese (British, 1762-after 1824). Watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverse and opalescent glass over pressed foil and cut gold (or cut paper); framed: 7.6 x 6.5 cm (3 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 7 x 5.8 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, Jr., G. G. Wade and Mrs. E. B. Greene 1926.229

title:				Portrait of a Man
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1795–1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1800
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of J. H. Wade, Jr., G. G. Wade and Mrs. E. B. Greene
copyright:			

---

culture:	England, late 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverse and opalescent glass over pressed foil and cut gold (or cut paper)
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - British before 1800
type:		Portrait Miniature
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

* Nicholas Freese (British, 1762-after 1824)  - artist

---

measurements: Framed: 7.6 x 6.5 cm (3 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 7 x 5.8 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
	opening date:   1993-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main European Rotation (Gallery 202)</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 30, 2012 - July 23, Verso on display).', 'opening_date': '2012-01-30T00:00:00'}

---

PROVENANCE

	J. H. Wade (1857-1926), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1895-1926
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1926-
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. <em>British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> 2013.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. <em>British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> 2013.
	page number: 	Cat. no. 60, pp. 236-239
	url:		

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.229/1926.229_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.229/1926.229_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.229/1926.229_full.tif