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Portrait of a Young Man
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This miniature portrait is of an unknown young man in a black coat, waistcoat, and collar. Under the mount the corner of the thin rectangular ivory support is signed in ink "B. West." This may be the sitter's, rather than the artist's name as the costume of the subject suggests a date later than 1820, the year Benjamin West died.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Thomas Footer, Cumberland, MD, until 1921; Ellen G. Keene, Baltimore, 1921, by inheritance; Mrs. Mary K. Greenblatt, Baltimore, Maryland and her brother, Cy Keene, Jr., Owings Mills, Maryland, 1994, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1995, by gift.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/27/2013 | Examination | Examined for gallery talk |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Framed H: 4 5/8 × W: 3 9/16 in. (11.8 × 9 cm); Inner oval opening H: 2 13/16 × W: 2 1/2 in. (7.2 × 6.3 cm); Painted image H: 3 x W: 2 5/8 in. (7.6 x 6.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Cyril W. Keene, 1995
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.640