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Description: | Artist: Dael, Jan Frans van, miniaturist - Belgian artist, 1764-1840; Date(s): circa 1784 - before 1840; Classification(s): miniature (painting), box, The shell of a turtle (known as tortoiseshell) was carved, heated and pressed to form the parts of a box, to which a gold hinge was pinned and two-colour gold bright-cut engraved decoration inlaid. The miniature was painted on card and set under glass with a gold mount.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Broughton, H.R., Major, the Hon., 1973-12, Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton Bequest [M.87-1973]
Description: tortoise-shell with oval miniature of a basket of flowers on a marble slab | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | miniature (painting) box Dael, Jan Frans van | Temporal: | name=late 18th to mid 19th century; start=1784; end=1840 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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