Miniature; French noblewoman in off-shoulder purple dress with white sleeves, lace trim, single strand pearl necklace, flowing brown curly hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular, cast embossed brass frame with hanging ring at top. Attached metal identity leaf is engraved ‘Ninon de Lenclos - Petitot.’ Signed ‘Petitot’ below mid left hand edge. Miniature backed by brightly painted paper. Probable wall hanging. 12.44 x 9.27 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)