Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, later King of the French
1804
Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, later King of the French, 1804. Richard Cosway (British, 1742–1821). Watercolor on ivory in a gold locket frame; framed: 7.5 x 6.6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.); unframed: 6.3 x 5.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1953.322 Without DNA analysis it is impossible to know to whom the hair belonged, though the most likely candidate is Louis-Philippe himself.
- Maker/Artist
- Cosway, Richard
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a gold locket frame
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory, gold, locket, frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 7.5 x 6.6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.); Unframed: 6.3 x 5.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed on backing: Rdus Cosway / R.A. et F.S.A. / Primarius Pictor / Serenissimi Walliae / Principie / Pinxit / 1804.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1953.322
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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