Name/Title
Frame for Marie Antoinette PortraitEntry/Object ID
1987.030.002Description
Louis XVI style frame for the portrait of Marie Antoinette. Frame is carved wood, ornamented, oval shaped, molding with flat-stepped profile. Ornament features an outer bead egg and anchor, inner leaf and tongue. Large festoons with ribbons at the top of frame. Finished with gold leaf and red bole.Artwork Details
Medium
Gesso, Gold Leaf, Red Bole, Wood: Carved Wood, Carved WoodCollection
Planting Fields FoundationCataloged By
CannarsaAcquisition
Accession
1987.030.002Source or Donor
Vitetti, Natalie CoeAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Notes
Date: Late 18th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Frame, PictureNomenclature Primary Object Term
FrameNomenclature Sub-Class
Storage & Display AccessoriesNomenclature Class
Household AccessoriesNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsDimensions
Height
42 inWidth
30-1/2 inAccessories
Notes
Frame: Louis XV Style FrameLocation
Location
Room
Reception RoomBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentDate
August 16, 2023Inventory
Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried By
Amanda MassimillioInventoried Date
Jun 27, 2024Inventoried By
LegerInventoried Date
May 8, 2023Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
Frame has outer layer of grime, gesso is flaking at top with scattered losses. All ornament appears darkened, ground exposed. Joints at lower right and left are cracked and have been covered with crude gold repairs which stand out. (8/12/1996 - Eric Price)Provenance
Notes
Collected By: Natalie Coe Vitetti
W. R. Coe acquired it from Mrs. E. F. Hutton for $1,000. She had purchased it a day earlier, in 1939, at an auction from a Mr. Cailleux, who had bought it a few years before from a French duke, who was the descendant of the Dutchesse de Tourzel, the governess of Marie Antoinette's children.
After Coe's death, his son Robert bought it in 1955 from the Foundation for $18,000, and kept it in his Cannes house.
William Robertson Coe
Robert D. Coe
Planting Fields FoundationCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
November 28, 2006Updated By
intern@plantingfields.orgUpdate Date
June 27, 2024