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Pax with a Miniature of the Nativity
Possibly artist Florentine 15th Century
c. 1480 (pax frame); c. 1850/1875 (miniature)
- Medium
- gilded silver, copper, brass, enamel with pearls and glass bead, containing a miniature painted on parchment (?); glass cover, cloth inner lining
- Classification
- Decorative Art
- Dimensions
- overall: 23.6 x 13.1 x 6.7 cm (9 5/16 x 5 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Florentine
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, CSD
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (NGA Open Access, 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
