Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Boy: Silhouette with circular trompe l'oeil above books and laurel branches
Object Number:
Z.2559
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 1 9/16 in. ( 4 cm )
sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. ( 16.8 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
printed label: affixed to back of discarded frame: "76 SILHOUETTE OF BOY ALSATIAN, END OF 18TH CENTURY / A painted silhouette on a little decorated mat typically Alsatian. / Narrow black frame."
inscribed: on back of discarded frame: "Mer 135"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust (nearly half-length figure) of a boy in right-facing profile; silhouette in black ink inside circular border with laurel branches, a book and manuscript at the base; rectangular cream sheet.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
