Collection Highlights
Front View of St. Peter's Church with the intended steeple
Date:
1785
Object Number:
PR.McComb.4.70
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Johanna Maria ("Jenny") Lind (1820-1887): Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2397
Date:
c. 1850
Medium:
Black ink and wash, brown wash, and bronze metallic pigment on beige paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
frame: 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 24.8 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm )
image: 8 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 21.9 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Jenny Lind"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right with sitters signature in brown ink: "Jenny Lind"
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; silhouette in black ink with bronze highlights on folds of skirt; beige paper with ground plane and vegetation painted in wash; gilded rectangular frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
