Portrait with a Jeweled Frame

ca. 1550-1575 (Renaissance)

5.5 cm 6.5 cm

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A portrait, whether carved in stone or painted, could be turned into a "jewel" by mounting it in a gold-and-enameled or jeweled frame with a loop, creating what we would call "jewelry." Such pendants were often worn on a chain. They honored the person represented and one's rel...

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Joseph Brummer, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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