File:Agostino Brunias - West Indian Scene - Google Art Project.jpg
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Summary
West Indian Scene
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| Artist |
Agostino Brunias (1730 - 1730) Details on Google Art Project |
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| Title |
West Indian Scene |
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| Object type | Button | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | circa 1795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Gouache paint on canvas? on tin verre fixeé, ivory (backing), glass, gilded metal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 37 mm (1.45 in); width: 37 mm (1.45 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
1949-94-9 |
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| Object history |
The possible provenance of the buttons may be sketched out as follows: given by Toussaint L'Ouverture upon his return to France from /Haiti and Santo Domingo to servant boy, c.1802; eventually acquired by boy's heirs in the Sedan; acquired from heirs by Professor Lalongt, College of Sedan and sold to Etienne Accary; sold on behalf of Accary by Salle Drouot auction house, Paris, 1939 to Mrs. Noyes; buttons arrive, possibly as a loan, at Cooper Union Museum around 1942; gift to Museum from the estate of Mrs. Noyes in 1949. |
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| Exhibition history | Washington, DC, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, "Treasures from the Cooper Union Museum," 7/13/67-9/23/67 New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, "More than Meets the Eye," 11/15/77-3/15/78New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt, "Design for Life: A Centennial Celebration," 9/30/97-1/4/98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | 3gFNEepj9ZEJ5Q at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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