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Source Description
Boxwood has a fine texture that allows delicate undercutting, as in the lady's right hand, holding the flower. Turning a portrait into an intricate work of art honors the person portrayed. This type of carving was a specialty of German artists, but the signature on the side sounds like an Italian name: C. ZORZI RUINA F. (fecit = made this). "Zorzi" is Venetian dialect for "Giorgio." Perhaps this otherwise unknown artist was a German who settled in Venice to take advantage of the wealthy clientele there.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7178
label
Portrait of a Lady
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7178
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Lady
description
Boxwood has a fine texture that allows delicate undercutting, as in the lady's right hand, holding the flower. Turning a portrait into an intricate work of art honors the person portrayed. This type of carving was a specialty of German artists, but the signature on the side sounds like an Italian name: C. ZORZI RUINA F. (fecit = made this). "Zorzi" is Venetian dialect for "Giorgio." Perhaps this otherwise unknown artist was a German who settled in Venice to take advantage of the wealthy clientele there.
provenance
Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Laurel, Maryland; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1959, by bequest.
date
1670-1679
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
carvings
portrait
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.8
height
7.6
dimensionsRaw
3 7/8 x 3 in. (9.8 x 7.6 cm)
Source extras
med
boxwood
creator_ids
15295
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
1994
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9c269039d735f9ca