Edward Elias Kaufer
Portrait of a Boy

ArtistPolish, active America, born 1870
CulturePolish
Titles
  • Portrait of a Boy
Datec. 1900
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1588
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Sylvan Hill Antiques]; purchased by Caroline Ross, June, 1996; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in lower right side in the image: "E.E. Kaufer (?)"

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