Portrait of a Man
1786
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of a Man, 1786. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Watercolor on ivory in a gold frame; framed: 5.5 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.); unframed: 4.9 x 3.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1949.546 John Smart signed this miniature in the corner with his initials and the date 1786.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a gold frame
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory, gold, frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 5.5 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.); Unframed: 4.9 x 3.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: J S / 1786 / I [The initial I indicates a miniature painted in India, where Smart worked between 1785 and 1795.]
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1949.546
- 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 Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202), </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5, 2009 - April 6, 2009).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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