Portrait of a Second Captain in the Russian Imperial Horse Guards

Artist Anthelme François Lagrenée (French, 1774 - 1832)

Dateca. 1827

MediumWatercolor and shell silver on ivory; Gilt copper alloy enameled bracelet with vermeil and enamel surround

DimensionsSight: 1 3/4 × 1 9/16 inches (4.45 × 3.97 cm)
Framed: 2 3/8 × 2 inches (6.03 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number2023.11

InscribedInscribed on recto, lower left margin: "Lagrenée".

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

DescriptionPortrait miniature of an officer with chestnut hair and long mutton-chop side-burns wearing a black military coat before a sky background. The portrait is set in an openwork cloisonne cuff-style bracelet, featuring a snake's head and tail coiling to form the blue and gold-scaled bezel.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

[None known at this time.]

Provenance

Given anonymously to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, by 1988 [1].

NOTES

[1] The bracelet was discovered in a collections inventory in 1988. It was publicly
advertised in the Kansas City Star in 2009 as abandoned property with
no claims.

Published References

[None known at this time.]

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