Creative Commons License
Eye Miniature or Lover's Eye
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In the early 19th century, eye portraits (sometimes called "Lover's Eyes") were valued as gifts expressing affection. They were a private bond between the donor and the recipient, the only individual likely to be ware of the subject's idenity.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Ares Antiques, 961 Madison Avenue, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, November 1979, by purchase.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1979
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.633