The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

Self-Portrait

c. 1805

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin

(French, 1759–1832)

France, 19th century

Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame

Framed: 13 x 9.8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.); Sight: 5.7 x 4.4 cm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1202

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscribed on card backing the miniature: PORTRAIT/DE MSR AUGUSTIN/PAR LUI

Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art. Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Mentioned and reproduced: plate XXX, no. 55, p. 33 archive.org
Exhibition history

Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202): January 25, 2010 - April 27, 2010.

Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).

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/1940.1202