Miniature

Museum number:
7-3211
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
France
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3211, described as Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3211, described as Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3211, described as Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3211, described as Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3211, described as Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3211, described as Miniature; French king in dress armor and white/white embroidered shirt, large flowing curled gray/brown wig. Miniature, oval in oval cast engraved (coil design) brass frame. Miniature is backed by paper cut from old records showing (in brown) ‘1724’ and an unreadable signature. ‘Louis XIV’ appears twice in black. Signed ‘C. Barthold’ mid right edge (apparent attempt to remove signature). Probable wall hanging. 7.3 x 5.18 cm.

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