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| Keywords: Pietro de Rossi - Portrait of an Elderly Man - Walters 3891.jpg The white cravat and the grand fur collar of the light brown coat handsomely set off the face of this elderly man with a shock of white hair At the beginning of the 20th century Baron N Vrangel a leading critic wrote of Rossi's work Rarely did a master of his time transmit so exactly and intelligently so beautifully and clearly not only type of his epoch but also the individuality of each face depicted Ocherki po istorii miniatory v Rossii in Starye gody October 1909 p 546 Pietro de Rossi was one of the leading miniaturists of his day He attended the class on enamel miniatures taught by Petr Zharkov at the Academy of Arts and although he was already painting in the 18th century none of his miniatures from that period are known In 1813 he was named Academician for a miniature of the sculptor Ivan Martos In an exhibition at the Academy that year he exhibited five miniatures 1811 gold enamel on copper Diam cm 7 8 accession number 38 91 28845 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Signature on back Pietro de Rossi fecit Mosca 1811 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin Moscow Russia Walters Art Museum license 3D Pietro de Rossi 19th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1811 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 19th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men 1811 1811 paintings in the United States 1811 portrait paintings Male 19th-century portrait miniatures of men 1811 19th-century portraits of men at bust length 1811 19th-century round portraits of men 1811 Black and white reproductions of portrait paintings in color 1811 Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Fur fashion in 1811 | ||||
