id: 119018
accession number: 1940.1204
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Portrait of a Woman, 1646. Samuel Cooper (British, 1608/09–1672). Watercolor on vellum with gold border in a silver gilt frame; framed: 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.); sight: 7.3 x 6.1 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1204
title: Portrait of a Woman
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creation date: 1646
creation date earliest: 1646
creation date latest: 1646
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creditline: The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture: England, 17th century
technique: watercolor on vellum with gold border in a silver gilt frame
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - British before 1800
type: Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS
* Samuel Cooper (British, 1608/09–1672) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.); Sight: 7.3 x 6.1 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
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inscription: signed right: S.C. / 1646.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Four Centuries of Miniature Painting
opening date: 1950-01-18T05:00:00
Four Centuries of Miniature Painting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (January 18-March 19, 1950).
title: Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries
opening date: 1974-02-06T04:00:00
Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries. National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 6-May 12, 1974).
title: The England of William Penn, 1644-1718
opening date: 1982-09-05T04:00:00
The England of William Penn, 1644-1718. Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA (September 5-October 31, 1982).
title: Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
opening date: 1993-03-26T04:00:00
Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. 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
Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202):September 22, 2008 - January 5, 2009.', 'opening_date': '2008-09-22T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(London sale, 1931). From Lord Brownlow/Brownley(?) Collection; (Leo Schidlof, Paris). Edward B. Greene purchased for £250
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and American Society of Miniature Painters. Four Centuries of Miniature Painting : A Special Exhibition, Including Loans from Museums and Private Collections and Examples from the Museum's Own Collection, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the American Society of Miniature Painters, January 19 - March 19, 1950. New York, 1950.
page number: Mentioned: p. 2-3
url: http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/1175.
Cleveland Museum of Art, William Milliken and Harry B. Wehle. "Portrait Ministures: The Edward B. Greene Collection." The Cleveland Museum of Art;. Handbook. Cleveland, OH: 1951.
page number: Reproduced: p. 25. no. 2
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951.
page number: Reproduced: Plate VI; Mentioned: p. 25
url: https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n53
Foskett, Daphne. Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries. London. National Portrait Gallery. Catalogues. 1973-1974. London, UK: H.M. Stationery Off.; distributed by Pendragon House, Palo Alto, CA,1974.
page number: Reproduced: p. 12, no. 17
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Foskett, Daphne. Samuel Cooper, 1609-1672. London: Faber, 1974.
page number: Mentioned: p. 16, no. 9; reproduced:fig. 9
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Preisner, Olga K., and Hedy Backlin-Landman. The England of William Penn, 1644-1718: An Exhibition Organized in Recognition of the Tercentenary of William Penn's First Landing in America, Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennysylvania, September 8 - October 31, 1982. [University Park]: [The Museum], 1982.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 35-34
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Eschwey, Maymie. Portraits in Miniature: An Introductory Guide. Edina, MN: Alpha editions, 1988.
page number: Reproduced: p. 11
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Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto. Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives. 2013.
page number: Mentioned: p. 86
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Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2013.
page number: Cat. no. 15, pp. 88-90
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