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Source Description
This miniature is in a frame of silver and silver gilt, set with brilliants. The oval portrait is set in a rectangular field of blue guilloche enamel with a diamond trellis overlay. The miniature and enameled field may once have formed the lid of a snuffbox or similar decorative object. On the back is a silver gilt relief of two doves and an alter.
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Document identity
localId
14326
label
Portrait of a Woman
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
14326
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Woman
description
This miniature is in a frame of silver and silver gilt, set with brilliants. The oval portrait is set in a rectangular field of blue guilloche enamel with a diamond trellis overlay. The miniature and enameled field may once have formed the lid of a snuffbox or similar decorative object. On the back is a silver gilt relief of two doves and an alter.
provenance
Probably Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
miniatures (paintings)
portrait
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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3cb1be3eae0560f3