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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1630
People
Louis Marie Sicard, French (Avignon, France 1746 - 1825)
Title
Box with Portrait
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Round Tortoiseshell Box
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229380

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Tortoise shell, with brass fittings and painted lid
Dimensions
7.7 cm diam. x 3 cm high (3 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., white paint: Sicard [F?]
  • label: inside lid of box, paper, black ink, handwritten: G. L. W.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1630
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
Lid of box is painted with portrait of a lady.

Exhibition History

  • The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005

Verification Level

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