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Box with Miniature: Two Swans, Study
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In this scene, Two Swans, Study (1905), a couple wearing medieval dress and holding hands stroll beside a pond in a wooded landscape. The two swans, which gave the original painting its title, are not represented.* Framing the miniature are what appear to be stage curtains in olive hung against a dark blue ground. The remainder of the box has finely executed filigree decoration with shaded enamel in dark blue, light blue, and brown. A similar box is in the collection in the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Cleaned | |
| 1/1/1900 | Treatment | Cleaned |
| 9/27/2011 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
| 9/27/2011 | Examination | Examined |
| 9/27/2011 | Examination | The box was made by the company Faberge between 1908-1917. The picture, a copy of a painting, is executed in a matte painted enamel. The remainder of the box is decorated in cloisonne enamel. Filigree wires form the cells. The palette for the enamel on the top of the lid follows the colors in the painting. The enamel on the sides is more colorful and bright. The box is in excellent condition. |
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15/16 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1 3/4 in. (2.4 × 6.6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
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.
44.926