The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)
1899
Martha S. Baker
Martha S. Baker (American, 1871–1911)
American Painting and Sculpture
The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe), 1899. Martha S. Baker (American, 1871–1911). Watercolor on ivory; diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); diameter of frame: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker 1915.142 Baker was best known for painting portrait miniatures on ivory. The sitter in this example was not only a fellow artist, but likely one of her former students. Interestingly, the miniature remained in Baker’s possession at the time of her death and was later gifted by her relatives to the museum. A handwritten label on the back of this portrait miniature revealed the sitter’s identity.
- Maker/Artist
- Martha S. Baker
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Medium
- watercolor, ivory
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Martha S. Baker / 1899.
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1915.142
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 30, 2012 - July 23, 2012. Verso on display.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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