Portrait of a Man

Provenance

Ritter von Metaxa Collection, Vienna, Austria (1903); (Sale: Vienna, April 4, 1921, lot 35, illustrated and called "School of Füger") (April 4, 1921); (Sale: Gluckselig, Vienna, Oct. 26, 1927, lot 12) (Oct. 26, 1927); Viktor E. Pollak, Vienna, Austria (-1938); (Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 20, 1938, lot 124) (November 20, 1938); Edward B. Greene (1878-1957), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1938-1940); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1940-)

Portrait of a Man

Heinrich Friedrich Füger

c. 1795

Accession Number

1940.1207

Medium

watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame

Dimensions

Framed: 8.2 x 7.7 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 7.2 x 7 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

Portrait Miniature

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Edward B. Greene Collection