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Source Description
Marie-Thérèse-Louise, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), a noted beauty and friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette, was murdered during the Revolution. This object was aquired from E.F. Bonaventure, dealing in rare books and prints, who may have also collected French objects.Sèvres produced such biscuit, or unglazed, white porcelain on a blue ground in imitation of Josiah Wedgwood's jasper ware.
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Document identity
localId
19036
label
Portrait of the Princess de Lamballe
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
19036
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of the Princess de Lamballe
description
Marie-Thérèse-Louise, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), a noted beauty and friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette, was murdered during the Revolution. This object was aquired from E.F. Bonaventure, dealing in rare books and prints, who may have also collected French objects.Sèvres produced such biscuit, or unglazed, white porcelain on a blue ground in imitation of Josiah Wedgwood's jasper ware.
provenance
E.F. Bonaventure [dealer], New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase [for receipt see WAM Archives, Vertical File, Chronologic: 1909]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
medallions
portraits
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
43.8
height
33.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 17 1/4 x W: 13 1/16 in. (43.8 x 33.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Label] On back
paper: Princesse de Lamballe en ancien biscuit de Sevres
med
biscuit porcelain
creator_ids
6229
1916
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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db72ca2e0be3bf43