id:			123408
accession number:	1943.638
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.638
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:57.280000

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1780. Maximilien Villers (French, c. 1836). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame; diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1943.638

title:				Portrait of a Woman
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creation date:			c. 1780
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1785
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Maximilien Villers (French, c. 1836)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
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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': 'Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1889, cat. Case XXX, no. 51 (attributed to Jean Dumont)', 'opening_date': None}

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

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. <em>Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection</em>. 1951.
	page number: 	Reproduced: plate XXVIII; Mentioned: p. 34, no. 59
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures/page/n75

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.638/1943.638_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.638/1943.638_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.638/1943.638_full.tif