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Oval miniature portrait of a heavyset man with gray powdered hair, wearing a red coat and yellow waistcoat against a dark background, in a metal pendant frame.

Moses Gill

An oval portrait miniature shows a heavyset man with gray powdered hair, a ruddy complexion and a faint smile, wearing a red coat with gold buttons over a yellow waistcoat and white cravat. He faces the viewer against a dark background. The oil painting is set in a metal pendant frame with a loop at the top.

Artist
John Singleton Copley
Date
ca. 1759
Medium
Oil and gold leaf on copper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2882 × 3842 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1764).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Martha J. Fleischman Gift, in memory of her father, Lawrence A. Fleischman, 2006

Español: Miniatura de retrato de Moses Gill con casaca roja

Una miniatura ovalada muestra a un hombre corpulento de cabello gris empolvado, tez rosada y una leve sonrisa, con una casaca roja de botones dorados sobre un chaleco amarillo y un jabot blanco. Mira de frente al espectador sobre un fondo oscuro. La pintura al óleo está montada en un marco de colgante metálico con argolla superior.

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Uma miniatura oval mostra um homem corpulento de cabelo grisalho empoado, tez corada e um leve sorriso, vestindo um casaco vermelho com botões dourados sobre um colete amarelo e um jabô branco. Ele olha de frente para o espectador contra um fundo escuro. A pintura a óleo está montada em uma moldura de pingente metálica com alça no topo.

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