Martine
early 20th century
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View on museum website →Medium
watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
support (irregular): 8.1 × 6.35 cm (3 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. W. R. Ireland)
Accession Number
2015.19.941
Art Historical Context
**Martine** is a delicate watercolor on ivory miniature portrait by Beryl Ireland, created in the early 20th. Measuring just 8.1 × 6.35 cm, this intimate work captures the subject—likely a woman named Martine—in a format reminiscent of 18th- and 19th-century traditions. Now housed in the National Gallery of as part of the Corcor Collection (gift of Mr. W. R. Ireland), it exemplifies enduring appeal of small-scale portraiture, prized for its personal and wearable nature, often as jewelry or keepsakes. The medium of watercolor on ivory is particularly noteworthy. Ivory provided a smooth, lumino...