Miniature; French woman in low, round necked pink dress with shell shaped white lace flounces. Extremely short, powered hair with flowers, no jewelry. Miniature, oval in oval, cast engraved brass frame. Small hanging loop at top with attached metal identity leaf engraved ‘Adelaide de Valois - M A Juvenet.’ Miniature backed by hide inscribed ‘Adelaide de Valois.’ Signed [drawn signature] below mid, right edge. Wall hanging. 14.7 x 11.77 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)