The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)
Medium
watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
diam. 10 cm · diameter of frame 10.8 cm
Classification
Portrait Miniature
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker
Accession Number
1915.142
Tags
female
About this artwork
Martha S. Baker was best known for painting portrait miniatures on ivory. The sitter in this example was not only a fellow artist, but likely one of her former students. Interestingly, the miniature remained in Baker’s possession at the time of her death and was later gifted by her relatives to the museum.