id:			120831
accession number:	1941.556
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.556
updated:		2025-02-09 00:43:42.943000

Portrait of a Man, c. 1800. George Engleheart (British, 1752–1829). Watercolor on ivory, in a later gold, enamel, and diamond frame; framed: 8.7 x 7.4 cm (3 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 7.7 x 6.2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.556

title:				Portrait of a Man
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory, in a later gold, enamel, and diamond frame
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* George Engleheart (British, 1752–1829)  - artist
George Engleheart was born in Kew to a German plaster modeler. Among his teachers were George Barret (1728/32– <br>1784) and Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), whose work Engleheart copied in miniature. One of Richard Cosway’s (1742–1821) greatest rivals and stylistically the closest to his work, Engleheart worked primarily in London until retiring in 1813, after which date he painted few miniatures. Engleheart’s miniatures have a more linear, labored manner than those of Cosway, whose painterly works were often left unfinished near the edges. Like Cosway, Engleheart often placed <br>his figures against a background of sky. But the firm draftsmanship (especially in the hair), heavy brows, and the use of grays and blacks for shadows are distinctive to Engleheart, who was celebrated for his ability to capture a sitter’s likeness closely. Engleheart’s productivity is documented by the fee book he kept between 1775 and 1813, which records an astounding total of 4,853 miniatures. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1773 and 1812, and was miniature painter to King George III from 1789. There are three fine Engleheart miniatures in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, all portraits of gentlemen dating near the turn of the century.
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measurements: Framed: 8.7 x 7.4 cm (3 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 7.7 x 6.2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Four Centuries of Miniature Painting
	opening date:   1950-01-18T05:00:00
	<i>Four Centuries of Miniature Painting</i>. 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
	<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': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202) </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5, 2009 - April 6, 2009).', 'opening_date': '2009-01-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Benjamin Nathan, London, England
	date: Before 1930
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	(Leo Schidlof (1886-1966), Paris, France)
	date: By 1930
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	Edward B. Greene (1878-1957), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1930-1941
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1941-
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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. 27, no. 12; reproduced: pl. XVIII
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n65

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Alan Chong. <em>European &amp; American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
	page number: 	p. 286
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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. 62, pp. 242-243
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IMAGES

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