An Unknown Man
Portrait Miniature
1657 (painted)
1657 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Portrait, head and shoulders, turned to and looking to right. Features firmly hatched in brown and sanguine, with a little blue-grey shadow, on a thick warm carnation ground; hair in pale brown wash, hatched with darker colour and heightened with gouache; the costume washed and hatched in gouache with touches of gold for the buttons; background a dark grey wash, lightened with grey hatches to the right of the sitter's head; on vellum put down on pasteboard.
Frame
Nineteenth-century copper-gilt rim of V-section forming a rebate for the glass at the front; the back closed by a toothed copper strip.
Frame
Nineteenth-century copper-gilt rim of V-section forming a rebate for the glass at the front; the back closed by a toothed copper strip.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | An Unknown Man (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on vellum put down on pasteboard |
| Brief description | Portrait miniature of an unknown man, watercolour on vellum, painted by Samuel Cooper, 1657. |
| Physical description | Portrait, head and shoulders, turned to and looking to right. Features firmly hatched in brown and sanguine, with a little blue-grey shadow, on a thick warm carnation ground; hair in pale brown wash, hatched with darker colour and heightened with gouache; the costume washed and hatched in gouache with touches of gold for the buttons; background a dark grey wash, lightened with grey hatches to the right of the sitter's head; on vellum put down on pasteboard. Frame Nineteenth-century copper-gilt rim of V-section forming a rebate for the glass at the front; the back closed by a toothed copper strip. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Content description | Oval miniature portrait of a man. |
| Styles | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions |
|
| Credit line | Bequeathed by the Reverend Alexander Dyce |
| Object history | Provenance: The Revd Alexander Dyce, by whom bequeathed to the Museum, 1869. <b>Exhibited:</b> NPG 1974, no. 1 (as self-portrait", qualified as too young to be Cooper, and the image quite unlike the pastel, D91). |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Murdoch, John. Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: The Stationery Office, 1997. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | DYCE.90 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
