PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER
Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Young officer wearing badges of five different orders and stars of two orders, some of the orders being Russian. Gilt frame forms a pendant and is set in a gilt frame. Under glass at back is a lock of hair.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER
- Made from:
- Watercolor on ivory -- gilt metal
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- late 18th Century
- Size:
- 6.2 × 5.6 cm (2 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.50
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on back: Je te pleurerai toute ma vie
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973