Portrait of a Gentleman
Unidentified
ca. 1850
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Accession Number
1959.7.23
Tags
bust
About this artwork
In this miniature the unknown artist emphasized the gentlemanâs severe grooming and stern facial features to suggest a serious temperament. The decorative brass frame accentuates the stickpin in his shirt, and both details point to this sitterâs middle-class status in the mid-nineteenth century.
About the Artist
Unidentified ( ) · –