The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)

The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)

1899
(American, 1871–1911)
Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

A handwritten label on the back of this portrait miniature revealed the sitter’s identity.

Description

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.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baker.
  • Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
    Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 30, 2012 - July 23, 2012. Verso on display.
    Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
  • {{cite web|title=The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)|url=false|author=Martha S. Baker|year=1899|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.142