The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 6, 2023

Portrait of Antoine Roy

1820

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin

(French, 1759–1832)

France, 19th century

Watercolor on ivory on a stamped gilt metal mount

Framed: 10.3 x 8.9 cm (4 1/16 x 3 1/2 in.); Unframed: 8.9 x 7.6 cm (3 1/2 x 3 in.)

Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.295

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right center: "Augustin/1820"

Provenance
2008
Estate of Muriel Butkin
By 1975 Norton Galleries (New York, New York), sold to Noah L. or Muriel Butkin, by 1975.
c. 1975-1980 Noah L Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon his deth, by inheritance to his wife, Muriel Butkin.
1980-2008 Muriel Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
2008-2009 Estate of Muriel Butkin
Citations
Pappe, Bernd. Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin: 1759-1832 : une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature. Verona: Scripta edizioni, 2015. Reproduced: P. 1006, no. 1006
Exhibition history

Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 17, 2011 - July 18, 2011.

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/2008.295