id: 119024
accession number: 1940.1210
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Portrait of a Woman, c. 1593. Nicholas Hilliard (English, c. 1547–1619). Watercolor on vellum in a gold and enamel locket frame; image: 3.9 x 3.3 cm (1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.); framed: 4.4 x 3.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.); case: 5.8 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1210
title: Portrait of a Woman
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creation date: c. 1593
creation date earliest: 1588
creation date latest: 1598
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creditline: The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture: England, 16th century
technique: watercolor on vellum in a gold and enamel locket frame
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - British before 1800
type: Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS
* Nicholas Hilliard (English, c. 1547–1619) - artist
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measurements: Image: 3.9 x 3.3 cm (1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Framed: 4.4 x 3.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.); Case: 5.8 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Hilliard
opening date: 1947-05-31T04:00:00
Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Hilliard. Victoria and Albert Museum (organizer) (May 31-August 31, 1947).
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: 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
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Reynolds, Graham, Nicholas Hilliard, and Isaac Oliver. Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicholas Hilliard. London: Ministry of Education, 1947.
page number: Referenced: cat. no. 59
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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 and Reproduced p. 2-3, inside front cover
url: http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/1175.
Allen, Josephine L. "Notes." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 8, no. 6 (1950).
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: inside front cover
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
page number: Mentioned: p. 27, no. 15; reproduced: frontispiece, no, 15
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Comstack, Helen. "The Edward B. Greene Collection of Miniatures." The Connoisseur 128, no. 532 (October 1951): 137-144.
page number: Mentioned: p. 139; reproduced: p. 138
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Reynolds, Graham. English Portrait Miniatures. London: A. & C. Black, 1952.
page number: Reproduced: pl. III, fig. 7
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Auerbach, Erna. Nicholas Hilliard. London: Routledge & Paul, 1961.
page number: Reproduced: p. 131, pl. 101; mentioned: p. 305, no. 101
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Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto. Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives. 2013.
page number: Mentioned: p. 84
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Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2013.
page number: Cat. no. 2; pp. 35-37
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 06, November/December 2013
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6-7
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-06/page/6
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IMAGES
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print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1210/1940.1210_print.jpg
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