id:			119026
accession number:	1940.1212
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1212
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:39.817000

Portrait of a Man, early 1790s. Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal mount; diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); diameter of frame: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1212

title:				Portrait of a Man
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creation date:			early 1790s
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1795
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, late 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal mount
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  Isabey
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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

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. <em>Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
	page number: 	Reproduced: plate XXXIII, no. 67; Mentioned: 35
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n79

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1212/1940.1212_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1212/1940.1212_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1212/1940.1212_full.tif