Smithsonian American Art Museum
Portrait of a Gentleman
Unidentified · 19th century
The artist’s faint drawing and monochrome palette created a cheerless mood in this image. The anonymous gentleman’s shadowed eyes and slight frown evoke a melancholy mood, suggesting that this was a mourning miniature.
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