Portrait of a Woman in Blue
1695 · watercolor on vellum in original ivory frame
Framed: 9.2 x 7.3 cm (3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Sight: 8.2 x 6.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Peter Cross
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4
Works in Collection
12
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6
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70%
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- BiographyMuseum· 80%
- Birth yearMuseum· 80%
- Death yearMuseum· 80%
- NationalityMuseum· 80%
- Primary mediumMuseum· 80%
- Profile imageMuseum· 80%
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- MuseumTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Peter Cross(e) was an English miniature painter. He imitated and perhaps trained under Samuel Cooper, and was extensively employed by royalty and the nobility as a miniaturist during the reign of Queen Anne. He is said to have created an erroneous type of the features of Mary, Queen of Scots by renovating a portrait of her to appear more beautiful.
Source: Museum · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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4 published of 4 catalogued · 4 with image
- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
- Rijksmuseum1 published1 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published1 img
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2 entries · 1 sources
- 1685 · Rijksmuseum · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1695 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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