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Painter:
Flat Tulip Artist ca. 1770-ca. 1820  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1815
Notes:
Antiques (Sept. 1986): pg. 508.
Summary:
A baptismal certificate outlined with a gold and orange heart, surrounded by a ring of gold and orange marigolds. Perched on top of the heart are two gold and orange parrots, facing one another, and between them is a closed tulip in shades of gold, orange, and green. At each corner of the certificate there is gold, orange, and green checked parrot.
Topic:
Primitive--Fractur  Search this
Emblem--Heart  Search this
Object--Flower--Marigold  Search this
Object--Flower--Tulip  Search this
Animal--Bird--Parrot  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80046647
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_376539