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Portrait of a Gentleman
P. E. Stroëhling (Russian, born Dusseldorf, Germany 1768-died London, England ca. 1826)
ca. 1800
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.3 x 6.4 cm) oval
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
This striking young gentleman is shown against a background of stormy clouds, which emphasize his dark features and serious expression. The dramatic background, ruffled hair, and moody expression evoke the romantic ideal made popular by the English poet Lord Byron.
