id:			120826
accession number:	1941.551
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.551
updated:		2022-04-02 09:00:12.105000

Portrait of a Man, c. 1655. Samuel Cooper (British, 1608/09-1672). Watercolor on vellum; framed: 8.4 x 6.5 cm (3 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.); sight: 8 x 6.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.551

title:				Portrait of a Man
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creation date:			c. 1655
creation date earliest:		1650
creation date latest:		1660
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	England, 17th century
technique:	watercolor on vellum
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: 8.4 x 6.5 cm (3 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Sight: 8 x 6.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	signed left:  SC [monogram]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chefs d’Oeuvre de la Miniature et de la Gouache
	opening date:   1956-06-15T04:00:00
	<i>Chefs d’Oeuvre de la Miniature et de la Gouache</i>. Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (organizer) (June 15-August 15, 1956).

	title:		Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries
	opening date:   1974-02-06T04:00:00
	<i>Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries</i>. National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 6-May 12, 1974).

	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 (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. <em>Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 25, no. 3; reproduced: pl. III, no. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n49

	"In Miniature." <em>Art Digest </em>25 (July 1, 1951): 12.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
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	Comstack, Helen. "The Edward B. Greene Collection of Miniatures." <em>The Connoisseur </em>128, no. 532 (October 1951): 137-144.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 139
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	Geneva (Switzerland). <em>Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache</em>. Genèva: Le Musée, 1956.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 93
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	"Masterpieces of Miniatures and Gouache." <em>The Connoisseur </em>138 (October 1956): 82-83.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 82
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	Foskett, Daphne, and Samuel Cooper. <em>Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries</em>. London. National Portrait Gallery. Catalogues. 1973-1974. London: H.M. Stationery Off.; distributed by Pendragon House, Palo Alto, 1974.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 88.
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	Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto.<em> Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives</em>. 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p.86
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	Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. <em>British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 2013.
	page number: 	Cat. no. 16, pp. 91-93
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