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Benjamin Franklin portrait miniature pendant.
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Creator
Weyler, Jean Baptiste, 1747-1791.
Title
Benjamin Franklin portrait miniature pendant.
Publisher
Paris
Date
ca. 1785
Physical Description
Enamel, gold, pearls ; oval- 3/4 inch high.
Is referenced by
Sellers, Charles Coleman. Benjamin Franklin in Portraiture. New Haven: Yale University, 1962.
Coffin, Sarah and Bodo Hofstetter. The Gilbert Collection: Portrait Miniatures in Enamel. London: Philip Wilson, 2000.
Notes
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin set into a gold frame with ribbon surmount, the foliate pierced and enameled border set with enameled urns and basket decorated with seed pearls, the reverse glazed to reveal the counter-enamel. The portrait is one of five extant versions and the jeweled setting is most likely contemporary and commissioned so that the image could be worn as a pendant. Weyler painted this portrait as a part of a series of miniatures he called “Panthéon Iconographique,” which included famous men he wanted to preserve for posterity in enamel. Franklin was the most popular of the series’ subjects. The original portrait for which the enamel was based on has not been traced, but it is believed to be a pastel taken from life.
See accession file for more information about provenance.
Purchase of the Library Company, 2013.
Subject
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Portraits.
Portrait miniatures.
Pendants (Jewelry).
Genre
Painting, Miniature.
Pendant.
Location
OBJ 895
Accession number
OBJ 895
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Art and Artifacts Collection
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