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PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist)

Currently in storage


About this object

Bust-sized portrait of a young woman. She wears a decolleté gown with a lacy collar and a bow in the front. She has a high powdered coiffure surmounted by a gray hat trimmed with blue ribbon. She wears small gold earrings. The gold frame is engraved with a leaf design.

Object name:
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
Made from:
Watercolor on ivory -- gold
Made in:
FRANCE
Date made:
c. 1780
Size:
5.1 x 4.4 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
53.2
Class:
MINIATURE
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973