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MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER DAUGHTER, NEDENIA HUTTON
MINIATURE OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AND HER DAUGHTER, NEDENIA HUTTON
21.123.2
Unknown (Miniaturist)
ca. 1924
The square frame is made in honey colored agate. It has a gold inner frame with stylized laurel leaves in enamel. In each corner is a star made of tiny diamonds. It contains a miniature of MMP...
MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR BARZIN
MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR BARZIN
21.125.2
Unknown (Miniaturist)
c. 1935
The miniature is of Eleanor Barzin, Marjoire Post's daughter, with a dog in her arms. She is bust length and faces to the left. The background shows a forest.
BOX
BOX
35.1
Unknown (Jeweler)
c. 1764
The box is rectangular in shape. The outside of the box is lacquered in Chinese red. In the center of the cover is an oval miniature of a woman seen in 3/4 length nursing a child who wears a blue...
BOX
BOX
36.117.1-2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
early 19th Century
The round box is mounted in three-color gold bands carved with laurel leaves. In the lid has been added a Russian miniature of ca. 1812. It represents the busts of Marshall Wittgenstein and Prince...
BOX
BOX
36.140
François-Joachim Aubert (Goldsmith)
1753
The outside of the rectangular box is covered in tortoise shell carved with an all-over pattern like a textile. The cover is set with a grisaille enamel plaque. The scene copies the Nicolas...
BOX
BOX
36.44.1-2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
1796-1801
Box and lid are in tortoise shell with a miniature in a silver frame. Miniature is the bust of Paul I in military uniform, wearing the badge of St. George Martyr and the star of the Order of St....
ANASTASIA SERGEYEVNA MORGENSTIERNA, NÉE SALTYKOVA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
ANASTASIA SERGEYEVNA MORGENSTIERNA, NÉE SALTYKOVA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.13
Unknown (Miniaturist)
1827-1835
Anastasia Sergeyevna Morgenstierna, née Saltykova (1810-1853) was born into a noble family whose ancestor, Sergey Saltykov (1726-1765), was Catherine the Great’s first favorite. A renowned...
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
53.1
Unknown (Miniaturist)
c. 1785
Oval miniature is of a woman, facing half to the left with her hair dusted gray and dressed high wearing a lace hat with a green bow on top. She wears a pink dress with a lace collar and a green...
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
53.10
Unknown (Miniaturist)
late 18th-mid 19th Century
The miniature shows a bust-sized portrait of a lady turned to the left and facing forward. She is wearing a straw bonnet tied beneath her chin with a large bow. She has brown eyes and curly...
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S BRIDESMAIDS
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S BRIDESMAIDS
53.12
Unknown (Miniaturist)
1863
This watercolor portrait shows three young women, three-quarter length, clustered together in an open-air setting and framed by a balustrade with a marble urn of flowers at the left. All three...
PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ANNA IOANNOVNA
PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ANNA IOANNOVNA
53.14
Unknown (Miniaturist)
c. 1735
On the small oval medallion is a bust-length portrait of the Empress Anna Ioannovna (r. 1730-1740). She wears the blue sash of the Order of St. Andrew First Crowned over a dress made of green...
LADY OF HONOR INSIGNIA WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH I (DAME À PORTRAIT)
LADY OF HONOR INSIGNIA WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH I (DAME À PORTRAIT)
53.17
Unknown (Miniaturist)
1741-1761
Miniature of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) after original by Caravaque is in watercolor on ivory glued to paper and covered with bevelled glass. Frame is of small diamonds (?) and...