Title: The Reader
Object type: Painting, miniature
Date: 1790
Artist:  Jean-Baptiste Isabey 
Artist bio: French, Nancy 1767–1855 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: Diameter 3 1/8 in. (79 mm)
Classification: Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Louis V. Bell, in memory of her husband, 1925
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Portraits, term: Women