Box with portrait of a woman

Guillaume-Denis Delamotte|Thomas H. Hull

1774–75, portrait ca. 1790 · Gold, glass; ivory · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The miniature is set in the lid of an ivory circular box with gold mounts and lining, made by Guillaume Denis Delamotte (born 1725, master 1756, working 1793) in Paris in 1775. The box bears the Paris charge and discharge marks for 1775–81. When the miniature was received in the Metropolitan, it was described as the work of an unknown British artist. In 1978 Hermione Waterfield attributed it to Hull. The method of execution is in accord with other signed miniatures by him. This one may date to about 1790.

Artist

Guillaume-Denis Delamotte|Thomas H. Hull

Date

1774–75, portrait ca. 1790

Medium

Gold, glass; ivory

Culture

French, Paris box with British miniature

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917