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BY JAMES TASSIE, DATED 1790
Details
A SCOTTISH GLASS-PASTE PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY JAMES TASSIE, DATED 1790
Depicting five of the grandchildren of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, (from left to right): Alexander, Constantine, Alexandra, Helene and Catherine, all facing sinister and overlapping, the reverse with printed sticker 89, within an oval ebonized frame
5 3⁄8 (13.7 cm.) x 6 1⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) (overall)
BY JAMES TASSIE, DATED 1790
Depicting five of the grandchildren of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, (from left to right): Alexander, Constantine, Alexandra, Helene and Catherine, all facing sinister and overlapping, the reverse with printed sticker 89, within an oval ebonized frame
5 3⁄8 (13.7 cm.) x 6 1⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) (overall)
Provenance
With Mallett, New York.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above, 19 December 2001.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above, 19 December 2001.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Seigel
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections