Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines
Medium
watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame
Dimensions
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Classification
Portrait Miniature
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Edward B. Greene Collection
Accession Number
1943.647
Tags
male
About this artwork
Painted during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution (1789–99), this bailiff court lawyer from the city of Caen appears sensibly modest and restrained.