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Portraits of a Gentleman and Lady
Possibly by: Antonio Abondio (Italian, 1538–1591)
Italian
about 1550
Medium/Technique
Wax, metal case
Dimensions
Height x width: 15.6 x 10.2 x 4.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number48.13a
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPortraits of a Gentleman and Lady in high relief in painted wax. He faces right, she left, addorsed on black oval ground within high bezeled gilded metal case with hanging device and turned pendent from curved cover with molded edge richly engraved with scrolls, amorini, masks and figures, arms (?) with mottoes in center.
ProvenanceBy 1948, Blumka Gallery, New York; 1948, sold by the Blumka Gallery to the MFA for $500. (Accession date: January 8, 1948)