Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chest
Object Number:
1947.430
Date:
ca. 1804
Medium:
Pine, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 50 x 23 in. ( 57.2 x 127 x 58.4 cm )
Marks:
scratched: in painted vase on left front: "CATHA/ RINA/ WOBIN/ 1804"
Description:
Painted chest of dovetail construction with brown sponged background; hinged lid with thumbnail molding and side battens; top painted with two square reserves each with eight-pointed compass-drawn star inside circle; front has three painted arched panels, central one with double arch, painted with yellow and green tulips in handled vases; inscriptions scratched into vases; applied base molding and dovetailed bracket feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
