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Portrait of a Man
1700-1725
enamel on copper
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The middle-aged man in this portrait wears a gray wig, a plum-colored velvet coat and a white neck-kerchief. The miniature is in its original frame of gilt metal, plain on reverse.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Probably Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/16 × W: 1 5/8 in. (5.6 × 4.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or, more likely, Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.36