Artist
R. FortinFrench, 1791–1794, active London
CultureFrench
Titles
- Portrait of a Woman
Date1791
MediumWatercolor on ivory, base metal, 18k yellow gold, cut steel, hair , and glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 3 in. (9.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1603
Not on view
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Department
RienziObject Type
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed left center: "Fortin 1791"
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Unknown French
c. 1819
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1648
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c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, embossed metallic foil, and opaline glass
2005.1659
Unknown French
c. 1880–1920
Watercolor on ivory, hair, base metal, and glass
2005.1602
W. H.
c. 1840
Watercolor on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1655
Unknown Irish
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1598
Unknown
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory (?), enamel, 18k rose gold, gold leaf, hair, and glass
2005.1668
James Nixon
c. 1810–1820
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, silver, diamonds, and glass
2005.1616
Unknown American
c. 1860
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, mother-of-pearl, and glass
2005.1651
John Smart
1771
Watercolor on ivory, 15k yellow gold, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1587