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Portrait of an Old Countryman
early 19th century19th century
4 1/2 in. x 3 3/4 in. (11.43 cm x 9.53 cm)
Ernst Meyer, Danish, (1797–1861)
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Medium and Support:
watercolor on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Sy Sychuster
Accession Number:
2011.031
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19th Century,
Danish*,
paper (fiber product)*,
portraits*,
portraits,
watercolor (paint)*,
watercolors (paintings)*
- 19th Century
- Danish - Refers to the culture of the modern nation of Denmark, or in general to the cultures that have occupied the area of northwestern Europe, north of Germany. It is often used to refer specifically to the cultures of the historic Danes, a Scandinavian branch of the Teutons. It is also sometimes used to refer to the culture of all Scandinavians who invaded England from the 9th century to the 11th century CE.
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness. For representations of fictional or mythological characters, see "figures (representations)."
- portraits
- watercolor (paint) - A transparent aqueous based paint produced by mixing ground pigments with water and, generally, gum arabic. Aqueous based paints made with vegetable gum binders were used by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artists for wall paintings. Japanese and Chinese painters extensively used watercolor paints on silk panels and delicate paper scrolls. In the 16th through18th century, watercolor paints were used for miniature illustrations on porcelain, ivory, cards, books and manuscripts. By the 18th and early 19th centuries, watercolors rapidly increased in popularity due to the availability of small cakes of watercolor paints in metal pans, usually applied to a paper support by using a brush.
- watercolors (paintings) - Refers to two-dimensional works of art, usually on a paper support, to which pigment suspended in water is applied with a brush to create an image or design.
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