Portrait of a Woman

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Portrait of a Woman
Datec. 1819
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (7.9 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1648
Not on view

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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.

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