Portrait #191

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Gilles, Marie Beberon
  • Artist:Collas, Louis Antoine 1775-after 1829
  • Date Created:1816
  • Owner/Location:Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN
  • Frame Dimensions:NA
  • Image Dimensions:2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:2/22/2004
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Gilded wood, 5" square with gilded copper bezel around picture. Possibly original. Woman in light blue cloak with elaborate lace collar and matching bonnet. Her auburn tight curls frame her face. Circular image.
  • History:Probably painted in New England or New York Exhibited at Cheekwood 1992 - Huntsville 1996 - Gibbes 2000 Illus. in Huntsville Catalog / American Art Review 1996