PORTRAIT OF A MAN
Creator(s): S. Guérin (Miniaturist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Portrait is a half-length figure of a young man facing right and seen in profile. His hair is tied in a pig-tail with a blue ribbon at the back. He wears a blue coat with brass buttons which is open to show the white jabot at his throat. On the back is pasted an old French newspaper. The frame is tortoiseshell with a gilt metal edge.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF A MAN
- Made from:
- Watercolor on ivory -- tortoiseshell -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 8.3 × 5.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.5
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE signed at left: Guérin S
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973