SculptureBritish18th century
Frame of six intaglios and fifteen reliefs
18th century
Artists
James TassieArtist
Description
Brown wooden oval frame, sealed at back. All cameos in thin gold wire "frames," affixed to backing.
Dimensions
24 x 20.8 x 4.5 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; [through Cooper and Griffith, New York] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
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