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Unknown Boy in a Ruff, Aged 3 years
Miniaturist:
Unknown
Silversmith:
Unknown
Oval, silver box with tortoise shell lid and base, the lid inlaid with silver piqué work man stretching into a palm tree; the interior set with a portrait miniature in oil on paper
Silver with tortoise shell lid and base; the lid inlaid with silver thread piqué work and set with a portrait miniature in oil on paper. Oval with straight sides, projecting moulded edges and a projecting hinge. The top of the almost flat lid is decorated with a vignette of a man stretching into a palm tree beside which is a scroll inscribed 'CRESCIT SUB PONDERE'. Glued inside the lid is a circular miniature of an unknown boy in a red jacket and white ruff, inscribed in gold "AEta.3.1615".
History note: Not known before testator
Bequeathed 1960.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Production date: circa AD 1600 : The box does not bear any hallmarks
The box was probably made in France circa 1710, and the miniature was probably painted in Italy one hundred years earlier
Support
composed of
paper
( Support identified by Christine Slottved Kimbriel, HKI conservator, as paper (3 November 2014). Support formerly described as canvas.)
Lid And Base
composed of
tortoise shell
Inlay
composed of
silver
Mounts And Side
composed of
silver
Whole Box
Height 1.6 cm
Length 8.1 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Miniature
Height 52 mm
Width 54 mm
Silver Piqué
Accession number: M.82-1961
Primary reference Number: 18070
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Unknown Boy in a Ruff, Aged 3 years" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/18070 Accessed: 2024-10-30 06:14:02
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