The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Portrait of a Man

1780s

Hornong

(French)

France, 18th century

Watercolor on ivory in a gold and hair frame

Framed: 7 x 6.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 4.5 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade, Jr., G. G. Wade and Mrs. E. B. Greene 1926.228

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed right: hornong. fecit [initials on case: JJA]

Exhibition history

Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 30, 2012 - July 23, 2012. Verso on display.

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.228