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Source Description
Portraiture, which flourished in the 16th century in France, continued for the most part in the Franco-Flemish tradition of the realistic, straight-forward likeness established at the end of the Middle Ages. Painted enamel on copper was a good medium for small portrits because the image is so clear and has something of the glossy character admired in objects intended for decoration of the home.
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Document identity
localId
9016
label
Portrait of Jacques-Auguste De Thou (?)
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
9016
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Portrait of Jacques-Auguste De Thou (?)
description
Portraiture, which flourished in the 16th century in France, continued for the most part in the Franco-Flemish tradition of the realistic, straight-forward likeness established at the end of the Middle Ages. Painted enamel on copper was a good medium for small portrits because the image is so clear and has something of the glossy character admired in objects intended for decoration of the home.
provenance
Germeau Collection, no. 5; Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, Paris, April 17, 1893, no. 537; Sigismond Bardac, Paris, by purchase; Liquidation Sale, Seligmann Bros., Paris, March 16-17, 1914, no. 73; Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, 1914, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1575 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19.3
height
16.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 5/8 x W: 6 7/16 in. (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[signature] P. C.
med
painted enamels on copper
creator_ids
2005
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REN
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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da301e8795f6d3d3