id:			119015
accession number:	1940.1201
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1201
updated:		2023-04-22 12:24:25.730000

Portrait of Louis XVIII, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (French, 1759–1832). Enamel in a stamped gilt metal mount; framed: 7.7 x 6.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.); sight: 4.9 x 3.9 cm (1 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1201

title:				Portrait of Louis XVIII
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creation date:			1822
creation date earliest:		1822
creation date latest:		1822
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	enamel in a stamped gilt metal mount
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (French, 1759–1832)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 7.7 x 6.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.); Sight: 4.9 x 3.9 cm (1 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed left: Le Ch.er/Augustin./1822
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), July 23, 2013 - May 20, 2014.

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PROVENANCE

	(Au Vieux, Paris, 1930); purchased by Edward B. Greene for 8,000 fr; gift of Edward B. Greene to CMA, 1940
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digital description:
As the official miniaturist for the French court of Louis XVIII, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin produced portraits of many elite personalities. This miniature features Louis Stanislas Xavier, King Louis XVIII, in military costume. Taking the throne after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis ruled from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief period in 1815 when Napoleon escaped from exile and regained power. This type of official portrait in miniature was useful as a diplomatic gift and was probably commissioned in large numbers. In fact, there are two versions of this miniature in the museum's collection, one in watercolor on ivory and this one in enamel. Here, Louis wears the blue ribbon and the silver star of the Order of the Holy Ghost, the star and the cross of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus, and the cross of the Order of Saint Louis. The complicated process of enameling prevented many artists from mastering it well enough to realize such precise details as seen here. To create an enameled portrait, layers of colored metal oxides are fired at various temperatures, affording many opportunities for imperfection. Once an enamel has hardened, however, it is impervious to fading and flaking, making it an ideal material in which to record famous likenesses. Augustin was one of a handful of miniaturists in this period who worked in both enamel and ivory. Ashley Bartman (May 2014)

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: plate XXXI, no. 53, p. 33
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n77

	Pappe, Bernd. <em>Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin: 1759-1832 : une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature.</em> Verona: Scripta edizioni, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 346, no. 1037
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IMAGES

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