Unknown American
Cut-Paper-Work Picture

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Artist Unknown American

MakerFrame labeled by Joseph and John Del VecchioAmerican, active Albany and New York

CultureAmerican

Titles

Cut-Paper-Work Picture
Paper cutwork
Silhouette

Datec. 1805–1810

PlaceAlbany, New York, United States

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumPaper

Dimensions2 3/8 × 2 in. (6 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the W. H. Keenan Family Endowment Fund

Object numberB.2000.11

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Mcintire Bedroom

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

DescriptionThis cut-paper picture by an unknown artist features an image of cupid whose arrow has just struck a heart suspended within a loop above a tree stump. Below is the motto “AMOR ETERNUS,” Latin for “eternal love.” The back of the frame bears the label of the New York firm of Joseph and John Del Vecchio, which specialized in frames and looking glasses.
Provenance[Whirligig Antiques, Austin, Inc.]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Cut across bottom: AMORE ETERNOS

Printed back label: JO [torn] JNO. VEC [torn] HIO/ LOOKING GLASS AND PRIN [torn] RE,/ WHOLESALE AND RETA [torn]/ No.136 BROADWAY/ NEW NORTH,/ Manufacturers of Looking Glasses, Picture Frames/ & c. & -- Plain, Fancy, and Ornamental Gilding execu ? [worn]/ [torn/worn] manner, on the most reasonable terms [torn]/ [torn] est notice - Spy-Glasses, Quadra...[worn]/ Compasses [torn] Thermometers, Reeves' Wa...[torn]/ N. [worn] Ladies' Needle Work, & c. framed an...[worn]

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