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Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines
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About this work
Painted during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution (1789–99), this bailiff court lawyer from the city of Caen appears sensibly modest and restrained.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines, 1795. Lié Louis Périn (French, 1753–1817). Watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal frame; framed: 10.5 x 9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1943.647
