Box with portrait of a young girl with the initials DE

Miniature attributed to Pierre-Adolphe Hall Swedish

1775–76

Not on view

The miniature is set in a sweetmeat box of rock crystal with two-color gold mounts. It has seven marks, including an illegible maker’s mark and the Paris mark for 1775–76. On the reverse of the miniature is a plaque with the monogram DE.

Richard Allen and Edwin Boucher have attributed this miniature to Peter Adolf Hall, an attribution accepted by Bodo Hofstetter but not by Pierrette Jean-Richard.

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Title: Box with portrait of a young girl with the initials DE
Artist: Miniature attributed to Pierre-Adolphe Hall (Swedish (active Paris), 1739–1793)
Date: 1775–76
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Glass, gold; ivory laid on card
Dimensions: Box: 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (6 × 4.8 cm); Miniature (oval): 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.5 cm)
Classifications: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Miniatures
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1135
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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