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National Society of Colonial
Dames of
America in Tennessee
Tennessee Portrait Project
Portrait #191 |
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| Subject/Title: | Gilles, Marie Beberon | |
| Artist: | Collas, Louis Antoine 1775-after 1829 | |
| Date Created: | 1816 | |
| Owner/Location: | Cheekwood Museum of Art Nashville, TN |
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| Frame Dimensions: | NA | |
| Image Dimensions: | 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" | |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory | |
| Date Documented: | 2/22/2004 | |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | Gilded
wood, 5" square with gilded copper bezel around picture. Possibly
original. Woman in light blue cloak with elaborate lace collar and matching bonnet. Her auburn tight curls frame her face. Circular image. |
| History: | Probably
painted in New England or New York Exhibited at Cheekwood 1992 - Huntsville 1996 - Gibbes 2000 Illus. in Huntsville Catalog / American Art Review 1996 |
| Notes: | |