portrait

Object Name2 Framed Portraits

Made FromGlass, paint, wood, brass

Date1809

TechniqueBlown sheet glass, reverse painted, gilded

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number64.3.91

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

Europe

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown sheet glass, reverse gilded and painted. Flat, oval sheet of glass with beveled rim; decorated on the back side with a black silhouette portrait of a woman, facing sinister (A), dexter (B); the dress finely detailed; in an oval recess in a rectangular reversed (A), veneered (B) and inlaid frame with oval back board (held in place with a bent brass strip).
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