PORTRAIT OF A NAVAL OFFICER
Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Portrait of a naval officer in a blue uniform with white epaulettes decorated with four gold stars on each. It has a high collar trimmed in gold and two rows of brass buttons down the front. He wears a cross of St. George, fourth class on his lapel. He has a long handlebar moustache and short dark hair. He is seated on a sofa with a dog beside him in the lower right corner of the picture. His right arm is resting on the back of the sofa with a cigar in his hand. Under his arm appears to be a small octagonal mat. The background is in blue, while draped to the left and above is a red curtain with fringes and tassels.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF A NAVAL OFFICER
- Made from:
- Watercolor on ivory -- leather
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1815-1820
- Size:
- 9.8 × 8.3 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.37
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- mark marked on frame with "5" in pencil
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973