Jean-François Gérard Fontallard
Bracelet with Portrait of Lady Susan Murray

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Bracelet with Portrait of Lady Susan Murray
Date1826
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 12k rose gold, hair, and glass
Dimensions1 11/16 × 7 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (4.3 × 18.4 × 3.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1662
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Morning Glory Antiques, New York]; purchased by Caroline Ross, February, 1995; 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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on the right edge: "G. Fontallard. 1826."

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