Bowl with Portrait of a Man
(Baroque Europe )
During the 17th century, western European books and engravings reached northern Russia through the port at Archangelsk. These served as sources for designs for the enamelers working in Solvychegodsk (formerly known as Usolsk).
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
2017-2018 | Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
1996-1997 | Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Russia, Solvychegodsk (Usolsk) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 1 1/8 × Diam: 3 3/8 in. (2.8 × 8.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.417