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Portrait of a Man

ArtistBelgian, 1791–1822
CultureBelgian
Titles
  • Portrait of a Man
Datec. 1790
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (9.8 × 7 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1620
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Gary E. Young Antiques, Centreville, Maryland]; purchased by Caroline Ross, September 18, 1997; 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.

“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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