The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

Portrait of a Man

early 1790s

Jean-Baptiste Isabey

(French, 1767–1855)

France, late 18th century

Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal mount

Diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1212

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed lower right: Isabey

Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Reproduced: plate XXXIII, no. 67; Mentioned: 35 archive.org
Exhibition history

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/1940.1212