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Miniature portrait of an unknown woman

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-103845

Description

Miniature watercolor painting on ivory of an older woman in profile facing left in a black high neck dress, mounted in an oval gilded plaster frame with molded ribbon and beaded borders and an applied bow and foliate swag at top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
ivory (tooth component)
plaster
Painting

Inscription

"E. Morelli Turin" (Signed)

Additional Identification Number

3575

Maker

Turin, E. Morelli (Artist)

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

6 x 4 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

2008.66

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