Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified man
Object Number:
1942.592
Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
label: on back: "Vergennes / by / Trumbull / by repute"
Gallery Label:
An identification of the subject as the French dramatist Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-99) has been proposed, but not substantiated. An alternative identification is Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes (1717-87), the French statesman and foreign minister who supported the American revolution against British sovereignty.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eliza R. and Mary M. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
