Frame for Marie Antoinette Portrait

Art

Planting Fields

Name/Title

Frame for Marie Antoinette Portrait

Entry/Object ID

1987.030.002

Description

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 Wood

Collection

Planting Fields Foundation

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1987.030.002

Source or Donor

Vitetti, Natalie Coe

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

France

Notes

Date: Late 18th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Frame, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Frame

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Height

42 in

Width

30-1/2 in

Accessories

Notes

Frame: Louis XV Style Frame

Location

Room

Reception Room

Building

Coe Hall

Date

08/16/2023

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 27, 2024

Inventoried By

Leger

Inventoried Date

May 8, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

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 Foundation

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

11/28/2006

Updated By

intern@plantingfields.org

Update Date

06/27/2024