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Richard Cosway, 1742–1821, British, John Phillippo Nighorus, 1771
- Title:
- John Phillippo Nighorus [2024, YCBA]
- Former Title(s):
Portrait of an Armenian [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
A portrait of an Armenian [1771, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm), Frame: 44 1/4 × 36 × 2 1/2 inches (112.4 × 91.4 × 6.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, upper center, handwritten: "204"
Signed in black paint, lower left: "R. Cosway | RA"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1973.1.7
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1973.1.7FR
- Subject Terms:
- Armenian | clouds | costume | fringe | fur | horse (animal) | landscape | man | pendant | robe | ruins | sash (costume accessory) | spear | turban | walls
- Associated People:
- Nighorus, John Phillippo of Arapgir (active 1768–1791)
- Access:
- On view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:113
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In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 70-71, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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