A lady
A plaster model for one side of this case was in the possession of the heirs of Alfred André in Paris in the late 1980s. The wax portrait inside also seems to have been made about the same time.
Artwork Details
- Title: A lady
- Maker: Case maker: Alfred André (French, 1839–1919)
- Date: late 19th century
- Culture: probably French, Paris
- Medium: Wax, gilt copper
- Dimensions: 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8.6 × 6 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.190.997
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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