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Portrait of a Man, Possibly William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
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Portrait of a Man, Possibly William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

Former TitlePortrait of William of Pembroke
Artist Cornelius Johnson (English, 1593 - 1661)
Date1623
MediumOil on copper; Turned ivory case with brass fillet
DimensionsSight: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 inches (10.48 × 8.26 cm)
Framed: 4 13/16 × 3 15/16 inches (12.22 × 10 cm)
Credit LineGift of Franklin L. Miller in memory of his mother Alice Gordon Miller
Object number51-12 A,B
SignedNone
InscribedInscribed on lower right: "C.J. / Fecit / 1623[?]" Inscribed on case lid, verso: "William of Pembroke [illeg.] comonly calld Black William [illeg.]"
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DescriptionPortrait miniature of a man wearing a white ruff before a dark background.Provenance

Franklin L. Miller (after 1888–after 1951), Chicago, by 1951 [1];

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1951 [2].

NOTES:

[1] Miller owned the miniature “for a number of years,” according to a letter from Miller to the William Rockhill Nelson Museum, March 15, 1951, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

[2] The miniature was gifted to the museum in honor of Miller’s mother, Alice Gordon Miller (1862–1904) of Buchanan, Missouri.

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