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Ring with Portrait of a Woman

ArtistFrench, birth and death dates unknown
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Ring with Portrait of a Woman
Datec. 1784–1790
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 12k rose gold, and glass
Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (7.9 × 6.5 cm)
Frame: 5 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (13.3 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1661
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; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.

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