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

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Artist Jean-François Gérard Fontallard (French, 1777–1858)French, 1777–1858

CultureFrench

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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

Not on view

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

MINIATURE (PORTRAITS)

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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