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Source Description
In this scene, Two Swans, Study (1905), a couple wearing medieval dress and holding hands stroll beside a pond in a wooded landscape. The two swans, which gave the original painting its title, are not represented.* Framing the miniature are what appear to be stage curtains in olive hung against a dark blue ground. The remainder of the box has finely executed filigree decoration with shaded enamel in dark blue, light blue, and brown. A similar box is in the collection in the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Document identity
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82273
label
Box with Miniature: Two Swans, Study
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object
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Source metadata
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82273
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object
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title
Box with Miniature: Two Swans, Study
description
In this scene, Two Swans, Study (1905), a couple wearing medieval dress and holding hands stroll beside a pond in a wooded landscape. The two swans, which gave the original painting its title, are not represented.* Framing the miniature are what appear to be stage curtains in olive hung against a dark blue ground. The remainder of the box has finely executed filigree decoration with shaded enamel in dark blue, light blue, and brown. A similar box is in the collection in the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C.
provenance
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1908-1917
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
boxes (containers)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
2.4
height
6.6
depth
4.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 15/16 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1 3/4 in. (2.4 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Symbols] On base: kokoshnik right
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88; [Marks] In Cyrillic: Fabergé with Imperial warrant; [Marks] Inside lid in Cyrillic: K. Fabergé with Imperial warrant
88
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silver gilding, painted filigree and en plein enamel
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4493
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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