Miniature

Museum number:
7-3206
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
France
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Parchment (animal material)
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 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature, accession number 7-3206, described as Miniature; French noblewoman seated on purple velvet. Dress is white on white stripe with narrow pink neck trim, wide pink belt, white jacket with buttons, white/white cap, long brown hair. Miniature, rectangular in rectangular cast engraved brass frame with top hanger. Attached metal identity leaf engraved “Louise of France - LeBrun.’ Vellum back shows underpad of music with French words. Signed ‘Vigée LeBrun 1790’ bottom right corner. Glass cracked in top left corner. Wall decoration. 18.2 x 13.6 cm.

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