Miniature
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory |
| Brief description | Circular portrait miniature of Pope Pius VII, depicted with dark hair and a white skull cap wearing ermine-lined papal robes. |
| Physical description | Circular portrait miniature of Pope Pius VII shown with dark hair and a white skull cap wearing ermine-lined papal robes; in gilt-bronze square frame surmounted by Papal crown and keys |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Osterley Park. Sale, Sotheby's London, 10 March 1994, lot 41. Acquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1994. |
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| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
| Bibliographic reference | Coffin, Sarah and Bodo Hofstetter. Portrait Miniatures in Enamel. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with the Gilbert Collection, 2000. 168 p., ill. Cat. no. 78, p.125. ISBN 0856675334. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.251:1-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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