Design for proposed gold enameled bronze glass casket for remains of Cristopher Columbus
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for proposed gold enameled bronze glass casket for remains of Cristopher Columbus
- Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
- Designer: Rene de Quélin (French, 1854–1932)
- Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
- Date: 1926
- Medium: Watercolor, graphite pencil, colored metallic inks, brown India ink
- Dimensions: 21 3/4 × 30 in. (55.2 × 76.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.1210.90
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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