Portrait of Heinlein Rauh
Object number2018.100.2
Date1847
MediumOil paint; Canvas(?); Paperboard(?); Wood; Gilding; Metal; Paper; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Judith Stein Kelly and Barbara Rauh Stein
DescriptionFramed oil painting on paperboard(?) or canvas(?) mounted on paperboard. Oval painting depicts bust portrait of a middle-aged man in three-quarter view facing slightly proper right and gazing directly at the viewer. Man has dark brown hair with gray and lighter brown sideburns. Man has brown eyes with the proper right eye slightly more closed than the proper left. Man wears black jacket with high collar, brown shirt with dark brown buttons, and black neckpiece or undershirt. Brown background. Painting is framed in an oval gilt wooden frame with steeply curved deep sides. Reverse has brown paperboard backing board nailed to frame. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Framed): 18.625 x 15.625 x 1.75 in. (47.3 x 39.7 x 4.4 cm)Height x Width (Sight size): 14.625 x 11.625 in. (37.1 x 29.5 cm)
SignedPossible artist signature to the viewer's left of the subject's proper right arm is illegible.
Related person
Heinlein Rauh
(1779 - 1856)
Related person
Babette Schonhof
(1788 - 1856)
Terms
On View
Not on view
Jean Hugo
Albert Francis King
