Portrait of Thomas Hobbes
c. 1660
Samuel Cooper
Samuel Cooper (British, 1608/09–1672)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Thomas Hobbes, c. 1660. Samuel Cooper (British, 1608/09–1672). Watercolor on vellum in a gilt metal frame; framed: 7.3 x 6.3 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.); sight: 6.7 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1949.548 A replica of Cleveland’s miniature was painted by Lady Margaret Bingham, Countess of Lucan.
- Maker/Artist
- Cooper, Samuel
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on vellum in a gilt metal frame
- Medium
- watercolor, vellum, gilt, metal, frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 7.3 x 6.3 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Sight: 6.7 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1949.548
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- The World of Miniature Painting, Samuel Cooper and His Contemporaries, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, 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 (September 22, 2008 - January 5, 2009).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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