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Portrait of a Child
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The inscription on the back of the frame- "Heaven has in store w[ha]t thou hast lost"- indicates that this miniature represents a child who had died.
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Inscription
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.
Huntington Collection [brother of the late Mrs. Henry E. Huntington], New York and California; acquired by A. Jay Fink; by bequest to A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore 1961; given to Walters Art Museum, 1963.
[1] no. A-105
Exhibitions
| 1958-1959 | Four Centuries of Miniature Painting from the Collections of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc. and A.J. Fink, Personally. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/6/1964 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 1/2 x 2 in. (3.81 x 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
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.
38.276