Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame
- Dimensions
- Framed: 10.5 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- Portrait miniature
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
France, 18th century
About
Painted during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution (1789–99), this bailiff court lawyer from the city of Caen appears sensibly modest and restrained.
