Wilhelmina

Object NameReverse Painting

Made FromGlass

Date1830-1840

Place MadeGermany; France

Size(Frame): 41.6 x 33.7 cm; (glass): 32.5 cm x 24.4 cm

Accession Number64.3.133

Credit LineGift of Col. and Mrs. Edgar William Garbisch

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass. Rectangle; half-length portrait of a young woman wearing her brown hair on top of her head and a light green dress with rose-colored sleeves, gold sash, white lace veil over her shoulders and a high lace collar with green bow; brownish gray background; narrow black border outlines the image areas and a wide white margin fills out the panel; title is in black script against the white margin at bottom center. Frame: flat varnished wood, mitered corners.
Provenance

Source Bernice Chrysler Garbisch (1907-1979) - 1964-12-23

Source Colonel Edgar William Garbisch (1899-1979) - 1964-12-23