id:			119032
accession number:	1940.1218
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1218
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:39.851000

Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French, c. 1806. Daniel Saint (French, 1778–1847). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame with silver backing; framed: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.); unframed: 3.9 x 2.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1218

title:				Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French
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creation date:			c. 1806
creation date earliest:		1801
creation date latest:		1811
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, early 19th Century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal and enamel frame with silver backing
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Daniel Saint (French, 1778–1847)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 3.9 x 2.8 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed right:  Saint.
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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

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Lakewood Civic Art Gallery, April 18-July 16, 1973: Miniatures in Art (no cat.)', 'opening_date': '1973-04-18T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; <em>The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> 1951.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 37, cat. 77, p. 11; Reproduced: plate XXXVIII
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures

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