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Source Description
This very refined painted enamel represents female personifications of the four Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. It was probably produced in the French city of Blois, possibly in the Toutin family workshop, which had developed new techniques that permitted the use of a white background for enamels instead of the earlier black or dark blue. The locket contained a watercolor miniature of a lady (by another artist) and could have been worn on a chain around the neck or hung from a sash or girdle.
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Document identity
localId
14413
label
Oval Locket with the Four Elements
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
14413
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Oval Locket with the Four Elements
description
This very refined painted enamel represents female personifications of the four Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. It was probably produced in the French city of Blois, possibly in the Toutin family workshop, which had developed new techniques that permitted the use of a white background for enamels instead of the earlier black or dark blue. The locket contained a watercolor miniature of a lady (by another artist) and could have been worn on a chain around the neck or hung from a sash or girdle.
provenance
George Robinson Harding, London; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1650 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
lockets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
4.5
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 13/16 × W: 1 3/4 × D: 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4.5 × 0.5 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel, gold, pearl
creator_ids
2593
15350
collection_ids
BAR
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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eb415aed669edf98