id: 120834
accession number: 1941.559
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.559
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Portrait of Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, née Harrington, c. 1608–1616. Isaac Oliver (French, c. 1565–1617). Watercolor on vellum with gold and silver in a 17th-century silver gilt frame; framed: 5.2 x 4.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.); unframed: 4.9 x 4.1 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.559
title: Portrait of Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, née Harrington
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creation date: c. 1608–1616
creation date earliest: 1603
creation date latest: 1616
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creditline: The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture: England, early 17th century
technique: watercolor on vellum with gold and silver in a 17th-century silver gilt frame
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - British before 1800
type: Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS
* Isaac Oliver (French, c. 1565–1617) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 5.2 x 4.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 4.9 x 4.1 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The World of Miniature Painting
opening date: 1953-09-20T04:00:00
The World of Miniature Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 20-November 10, 1953).
title: The World of Shakespeare
opening date: 1964-01-09T05:00:00
The World of Shakespeare. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (organizer) (January 9-February 16, 1964).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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': '"Four Centuries of Miniature Painting," New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950.', 'opening_date': '1950-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '"The World of Shakespeare, 1564-1616." An Exhibition organized by The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Detroit Institute of Arts to commemorate the fourth centenary of the birth of William Shakespeare, 1964, cat. no. 25, p. 30, repr. p. 32.', 'opening_date': '1964-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'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
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. 1951.
page number: Reproduced: frontispiece, no. 24, p. 28
url: https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n7
Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2013.
page number: Cat. no. 8, pp. 62-65
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.559/1941.559_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.559/1941.559_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.559/1941.559_full.tif