PORTRAIT OF ERICH FRIEDERICH VON ERMES
Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist)
Currently in storage
About this object
The miniature is of a middle-aged man, half-length. He is seen in profile, facing to the left. He is dressed in a blue coat with a high collar and a grey jabot. He has a tie at his throat. He is balding, and his hair is ear-length and curled at the end. He has a sharp nose and piercing eyes. This miniature is set in a gilt wood, oval frame.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF ERICH FRIEDERICH VON ERMES
- Made from:
- Watercolor on wood
- Made in:
- GERMANY
- Date made:
- 1793
- Size:
- 7.2 × 6.5 cm (2 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.7
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on back written in pencil "10", in ink (hard to read): 3254 de J. Boy yaBBawaB Ham (in Cyrillic?); below this in more recent writing: Erich Friederich von Ermes, oncle de la mère du Maréchal enterré à Kartenhof [uncle of the mother of the Marshall buried at Kartenhof); about the frame: dernier de son nom comme jeune homme (the last of his name as a young man) C17930 M 7_/_ H.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973