Allegory of Painting

Painter Jean Laurent Mosnier (French, 1743–1808)

Date1777

Place createdFrance, Europe

Mediumwatercolor on ivory, mounted on lid of tortoiseshell bonbonniere

ClassificationsMiniatures (portraits)

DepartmentEuropean Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III

Accession Number2004.264

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