id:			121267
accession number:	1942.1139
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1139
updated:		2025-02-09 00:46:23.935000

Portrait of a Woman at a Harpsichord, c. 1788. François Dumont (French, 1751–1831). Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century stamped gold and gilt metal frame; diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1942.1139

title:				Portrait of a Woman at a Harpsichord
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creation date:			c. 1788
creation date earliest:		1785
creation date latest:		1789
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century stamped gold and gilt metal frame
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* François Dumont (French, 1751–1831)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed right:  Dumont. fc
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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': 'Four Centuries of Miniature Painting, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950. January 18-March 19, 1950.', 'opening_date': '1950-01-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), July 18, 2011 - January 30, 2012.', 'opening_date': '2011-07-18T00:00:00'}

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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: 	Reproduced: plate XXVIII, no. 60; Mentioned: p. 34
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n75

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.1139/1942.1139_full.tif