
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev
Heinrich Friedrich FügerLinkedCulture matchlcp-207ecb914616
- Date
- c. 1785
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame
- Culture
- Germany, 18th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 121270
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Heinrich Füger, known as the "Cosway of Vienna," was born in Germany and studied in Italy and Vienna, where he became a court painter to the imperial family. Like Cosway, Füger drew his clientele from aristocratic circles. However Füger was less flamboyant than Cosway, capable of capturing the sitter's individual character and personality.
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- Credit line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
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18th-19th Century European Portrait MiniaturesThese objects are predominantly portrait miniatures and small-scale portrait paintings from Central European and Russian courts, created between the 18th and 19th centuries using techniques such as watercolor on ivory, g
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