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The Chief of the Little Osages

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Date

1811-ca. 1813

Artist

After Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12714

Description

This portrait is a copy after Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin’s "Chief of the Little Osages" (1804–7; New-York Historical Society). Svinin reproduced the details of the sitter’s beaded wampum ear-drops, silver ear rim bands, shaved scalp, and dyed lock of hair while adding a nose ring and intricate facial tattooing. Medium: watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper.
Additional Makers: Artist - Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/88–1839)

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

USA

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