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Portrait of a Woman
(18th and 19th Centuries )
There is a rosette of hair on the reverse with imitation pearls on a white opaque basse-taile enamel ground. The reverse has a loop for hanging, and shows signs of having once had a pin attached so the piece could be worn as a brooch.
Provenance
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Probably Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 × W: 2 5/8 in. (7.8 × 6.6 cm)
Credit Line
Probably acquired by Henry Walters
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.
38.45