Description
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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Provenance
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
Inscriptions
[Inscription] On back: Heaven has in store w[ha]t thou hast lost
Credit
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963