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Portrait of a Surinamese Girl
Affluent citizens gave each other portrait miniatures as a sign of affection or as keepsakes. They were worn as a brooch, the central part of a bracelet, a ring, or as in this case a pendant on a chain. Attached to the back is a lock of the sitter’s hair. Nothing is known about this Surinamese girl, but given the locket’s costly materials, she must have been of well-to-do, possibly European, origi…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61BB2
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.719
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/61BB2
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.719
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1810
- 1810
Place-Time
- first quarter 19th century
Places
- England
- Engeland
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.1025
- England
- United Kingdom
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7891
- SK-A-2635
Extent
- height 8.9 cm
- width 6.2 cm
- weight 65.2 gr
Format
- ivory
- gold (metal)
- Pearl
- Ivory
- Vitreous enamel
- Gold
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: miniaturen
Year
- 1810
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:21.392Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:38.887Z