Portrait of a Man — Andrew Robertson

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Artist: Andrew Robertson
Date: 1828
Medium: Ivory
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: Oval, 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (80 x 63 mm)
Collection: European Paintings
Credit line: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1986

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