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Louis XIII style Ovolo frame (for Ingres's Portrait of the Princesse de Broglie)

1950–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 957

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Louis XIII style Ovolo frame (for Ingres's Portrait of the Princesse de Broglie)
  • Date: 1950–60
  • Culture: French (made United States)
  • Medium: Pine; plaster ornament. Gilt; pink-orange bole.
  • Dimensions: Overall: 61 13/16 × 49 7/16 in. (157 × 125.6 cm)
    Sight: 43 1/8 × 35 1/16 in. (109.5 × 89 cm)
    Rabbet: 48 7/16 × 36 7/16 in. (123 × 92.5 cm)
  • Classification: Frames
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.186b
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
More Artwork
Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres  French, Oil on canvas
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1851–53
Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome, Henri-Joseph Harpignies  French, Pen and black ink, brush, gray and blue-gray washes
Henri-Joseph Harpignies
1856
Barbizon frame, Pine; plaster ornament., French
French
1850–70 (style Louis XIII)
Secretary, Martin Carlin and French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, and other marquetry wood; brass; green-colored metal; gilt-bronze mounts; marble top.  Soft paste porcelain plaques from the Sèvres Manufactory.
Attributed to Martin Carlin
Sèvres Manufactory
various French
ca. 1781–85
Glass Horn, Glass, French
French
19th century

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