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Catherine Lens

Portrait Miniature
1729 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval miniature portrait on ivory of a woman.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCatherine Lens (generic title)
Materials and techniques
painting on ivory
Brief description
Miniature portrait of Catherine Lens by Peter Paul Lens, after Bernard Lens. 1729.
Physical description
Oval miniature portrait on ivory of a woman.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Width: 5.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PL 1729' (Signed in monogram and dated)
  • 'Catherine Lens….from the origin[nal] by Bernard Lens. Peter Paul Lens fecit ? May 1729 aetatis suae 15 [?] H…d in the…' (Inscribed on the back)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Reginald Jones
Object history
This miniature was on loan to the Museum from 1927.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
P.100-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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