Artist
François Dumont(French, 1751–1831)French, 1751–1831
CultureFrench
Titles
- Portrait of Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier
Date1798 or 1799
MediumWatercolor on ivory; gilt-metal (frame)
Dimensions3 5/16 × 3 5/16 in. (8.4 × 8.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2023.580
Non exposé
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition HistoryParis, Salon, 1800, no. 135 (part)
Geneva, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Chefs-d’œuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 136
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1957-58
Zurich, Haus am Rechberg, 1961
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in brown paint, right center: Dumont / f. l’an. 8.
Verso: [inaccessible]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in brown paint, right center: Dumont [print]
Verso: Label in blue pen, top left corner: MD / 0514
Verso: Label in brown ink, diagonal from bottom left to top right corner: prezze - Simon Bejmain - Duvivier, Ne' a Paris en 1730 / graveur du Roy, et graveur gèneral des Monnaies / pendant le regne de Louis XVI, peint par François Dumont / en 1799 [underlined] [cursive]
Verso: Label in brown ink, diagonal from bottom left to top right corner: prezze - Simon Bejmain - Duvivier, Ne' a Paris en 1730 / graveur du Roy, et graveur gèneral des Monnaies / pendant le regne de Louis XVI, peint par François Dumont / en 1799 [underlined] [cursive]
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