The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 5, 2023

Portrait of a Man

1794–1795

François Dumont

(French, 1751–1831)

France, 18th century

Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century gilt metal and enamel frame

Diameter: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1943.637

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed left: Dumont f. l'an 3.

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 XXIX, no. 61; Mentioned: p. 34 archive.org
Exhibition history

Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202): April 6, 2009 - October 26, 2009.

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).

Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1943.637