Portrait of a woman in a locket
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2021.9.29.5.FA.PA.C1790.FRDescription
Round miniature painting portrait of a lady in a double-sided frame in gilded brass with on the reverse, the model's hair braided in a cross as well as her initials "ML", on a background of a dark blue cobalt glass. The woman is represented in a pink dress with square neckline and lace trimming on the decollete, and curly grey hair in a simple style.Such style of a case is known in French as "fausse-montre" (false watch). In the late 18th century, it was popular to wear two pocket watches suspended at the waist, one real and the other a fausse-montre, usually made to match, that often contained a portrait miniature.
Materials
Watercolor on ivoryBrass
Glass
Hair
Origin
circa 1790 FranceDimensions
Length : 5.2 cmHeight : 6 cm