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Box with miniature by J.-B. J. Augustin
Lost Art-ID
597824
Artist
Unknown (Frankreich, Europa)
Title
Box with miniature by J.-B. J. Augustin
Datierung
1781
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
gold, enamel, pearls / miniature painting
Height
2.50 cm
Diameter
7.50 cm
Description
Round box with a cover. Gold, areas on sides and bottom of transparent violet enamel over guilloche ground. On the edges wide gold stripes with plastic ornament: laurel tendril of green enamel and small pearls. On the outside of the lid miniature: Young lady with grey powdered curly hair with green ribbon and violet ostrich feather. Cut out white dress with green ribbons and purple belt. In front of the chest an oval female miniature. Grey ground. Signed at lower left: Augustin 1797. ivory. Inside smooth gold.
Provenance
Collection Maximilian Freiherr von Goldschmidt-Rotschild; City of Frankfurt am Main (31.12.1938), Museum für Kunsthandwerk Inv. no. G.R.1414; exchange with W. Henrich, Frankfurt am Main (according to Magistrate's resolution no. 2852 of 24.03.1952);
2023 amicable settlement between the current owner and the heirs of Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
Verlustgeschichte
Frankfurt (Main), 1938
Verkauf der Kunstsammlung 1938 an die Stadt Frankfurt/M., Abgabe z.T. als Tausch an das Museum für Kunsthandwerk bzw. die Städtische Galerie Frankfurt/M.
Status
amicable settlement
Literature / Source
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Sign. 46
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