Self-portrait miniature
1769
3.0 x 3.0 cm
John Singleton Copley (1738 – 1815)
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Copley presumably painted this miniature along with a nearly identical pastel portrait (1769, Winterthur Museum, Delaware), for his wife, Suzannah Clarke, as a wedding gift.
About this artwork
- Title: Self-portrait miniature
- Artist: John Singleton Copley
- Year: 1769
- Original dimensions: 3.0 x 3.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Perceived brightness: brilliant