A lady

late 19th century

Not on view

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.

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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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