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In a wood frame, painted red on the outside edges. Gold on the front with thin red geometric, linear pattern at the corners. Beading on the inner edge. Enclosed under glass on a white mat is a black and white print. Two male nudes are sitting on a cloud with drapery and numerous putti. Background of clouds and putti in lighter greys. Baroque feeling.
prints (visual works)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
glass (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
Baroque
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
cloud bands
geometric patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
putti (motifs)
Unidentified Paper
Glass
photographic print
Painted
Beaded
Northern Baroque
Geometric
Men
Cloud
Putti
PICTURE, ALLEGORY
A framer's sticker on the back reads: Williams + Everett....Boston.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Williams & Everett (Framer)
Boston, MA, USA
17.75 x 19.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1560
Massachusetts (United States)
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