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| Keywords: François Dumont - Mademoiselle de Montbrizon - Walters 38337.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator François Dumont In this circular miniature Mlle de Montbrizon looks up from her desk with a letter in her hand Polite and expressive letter writing was a highly prized social accomplishment in 18th-century France In Paris the French capital notes and letters crisscrossed the city; by the mid-century there were up to nine deliveries of mail each day Although the sitter in this miniature is shown with a quill and elegant writing furniture we can tell from the way in which it is folded and addressed that she has received rather than written the letter she holds 1795 watercolor ivory Diam cm 7 62 ; Framed diam cm 10 16 accession number 38 337 581 Huntington Collection New York and California A Jay Fink Foundation Inc Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown inv no A-273 Walters Art Museum Gift of the A Jay Fink Foundation Inc in memory of Abraham Jay Fink 1963 signed at left Dumont F Jan 3 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 3D François Dumont peintre 18th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1795 French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1790s dresses 1795 paintings in the United States 1795 portrait paintings from France F 18th-century portrait miniatures of women 1795 18th-century portrait paintings of women at half length 1795 18th-century round portraits of women 1795 18th-century watercolor portraits of women 1795 18th-century women of France 1795 Chairs in portrait paintings 1795 Female hair fashion in art 1795 Females with black dresses in art 1795 Painting frames Portraits with letters 1795 Quills in portrait paintings 1795 Tables in portrait paintings 1795 Waist sashes in art 1795 Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
