glass painting
Object Name8-paneled Reverse-Painting
Made Fromglass, gold, paint
Date1701-1800
Place Madeprobably Italy
Techniqueglass cut or cut and grozed, reverse-painted
Size(a) H: 17.3 cm, W(max): 10.2 cm, Th: .2 cm; SEE OBJECT FOLDER AND MERGED SHEET FOR COMPLETE DIMENSIONS
Accession Number92.3.33
Credit LineGift of Mr. Charles Fleischmann
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, with gold leaf, and gold, deep red, deep blue, light blue, and white paint; glass cut or cut and grozed, reverse-painted. (a) Panel. Vertical quadrilateral, wider at top than bottom, with upper and lower edges parallel, and right edge vertical; upper, lower, and right edges cut, left edge grozed. Decorated with cherub, with head growing out of folded wings and boyish face shown almost frontally but turned slightly to left, in gold with scratched details, against deep blue background flecked with white and gold leaf. (b) Vertical quadrilateral, wider at top than bottom, with upper and lower edges parallel, and left edge vertical; all edges cut. Decorated with cherub, with head growing out of folded wings and boyish face shown frontally, in gold leaf with scratched details, against deep blue background flecked with white and gold leaf. (c) Panel. Vertical quadrilateral, wider at top than bottom, with upper and lower edges parallel, and right edge vertical; upper, lower, and right edges cut, left edge grozed. Decorated with cherub, with head growing out of folded wings and boyish face shown almost frontally but turned slightly to right and looking slightly downward, in gold leaf with scratched details, against deep blue background flecked with white and gold leaf. (d) Panel. Vertical quadrilateral, wider at top than bottom, with upper and lower edges parallel, and left edge vertical; lower, left, and right edges cut, upper edge grozed. Decorated with cherub, with head growing out of folded wings and boyish face shown almost frontally but turned slightly to right, in gold leaf with scratched details, against deep blue background flecked with white and gold paint. (e) Panel. Horizontal quadrilateral, wider at top than bottom, with upper and lower edges parallel and left edge vertical; upper and right edges cut, lower and left edges grozed. (For complete description see Notepad: Current Full Description 1992-12-23)Provenance
Source
Charles Fleischmann
