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Creator:
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
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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