French Noblewoman
DateCase: late sixteenth or early seventeenth century; Wax: early seventeenth century
CultureFrench; German
MediumGilded copper, painted and gilded wax, pearls, and glass
ClassificationDecorative Arts
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris, approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1443.1
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Case Middle
Collections
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