Brooch with Portrait of a Girl

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brooch with Portrait of a Girl
Datec. 1860
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, mother-of-pearl, and glass Template for mount in accession file.
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (8.9 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1651
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.

"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 7–July 18, 2010.

"Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire," The Costume Intitute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 21, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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