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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