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accession number: 1940.1208
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Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff, c. 1790. Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, 1751–1818). 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 Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1208
title: Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff
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creation date: c. 1790
creation date earliest: 1785
creation date latest: 1795
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creditline: The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture: Germany, 18th century
technique: watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - German before 1800
type: Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS
* Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, 1751–1818) - artist
Heinrich Füger was born in Heilbronn, a small town in south-western Germany midway between Heidelberg and Stuttgart, on December 8, 1751. By age eight, he was already painting miniature portraits; however, at age fifteen, he became discouraged with art and decided to study law. He returned to art, and began study with the historical painter Adam Friedrich Oeser in Leipzig. Füger's work caught the attention of the British and Swedish ambassadors to the court of Saxony at Dresden; where he achieved considerable success. In 1774 he went to Vienna and under the patronage of the empress Maria Theresa, he painted many portraits of the imperial family and Viennese aristocracy. In 1776, he moved to Italy, where he studied classical art and the works of Raphael and Anton Raphael Mengs, and he produced both miniatures and important large-scale works. Füger returned to Vienna in 1783. There he became vice-director of the Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1795 its director. As court painter he became the most popular portrait artist in Vienna. However, by about 1798, an eye ailment prevented his painting miniatures and he returned to painting large-scale pictures. He died in Vienna on November 5, 1818.
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measurements: Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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
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PROVENANCE
(Schidlof, Paris, 1929). Purchased October 1929 for £250 by Edward B. Greene.
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951.
page number: Mentioned: p. 37, cat. 80; Reproduced: plate XXXVI
url: https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures
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IMAGES
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