Portrait of a Man, Possibly Sir Soulden Lawrence
1770
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of a Man, Possibly Sir Soulden Lawrence, 1770. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Watercolor on ivory in an amalgam frame; framed: 4.4 x 3.8 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.); unframed: 3.2 x 3.1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1219 This miniature is signed by the artist John Smart, who used his initials JS.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in an amalgam frame
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory, amalgam, frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 4.4 x 3.8 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 3.2 x 3.1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed left: J.S. / 177[9]. [disagreement over whether this last number is a 9,8 or 0]
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1940.1219
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- John Smart - Miniaturist, Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Main European Rotation (Gallery 202)</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 30, 2012 - July 23, 2012). [Verso on display].
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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