Richard Schwager
Portrait of a Child

Portrait of a Child

Public Domain

ArtistAustrian, 1822–1880
CultureAustrian
Titles
  • Portrait of a Child
Date1865
MediumWatercolor on ivory, gilt, fabric, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1612
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Judy & Brian Harden Antiques, Gloucestershire, U.K.]; purchased by Caroline Ross, August 8, 1999; 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
Signed in white paint, lower left: "R. Schwager 1865"

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