Cleveland Museum of Art
The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)
Martha S. BakerLinkedCulture matchlcp-773d245eb97d
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Culture
- America, late 19th century
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 94634
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Martha S. Baker was best known for painting portrait miniatures on ivory. The sitter in this example was not only a fellow artist, but likely one of her former students. Interestingly, the miniature remained in Baker’s possession at the time of her death and was later gifted by her relatives to the museum. A handwritten label on the back of this portrait miniature revealed the sitter’s identity.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker
- Provenance
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker.
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