Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse
Nardon Pénicaud (France, founded 1736; Attributed to Nardon Pénicaud; French, c.1470-1542/43)
Early 16th century or 19th century
- Medium
- Copper and enamel
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Dimensions
- 13.5 × 13.7 cm (5 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Limoges
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Blumka Gallery. Chester D. Tripp Fund income
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
