Pendant with Intaglio Portrait of Anna of Austria in Enameled Frame
19th century (?)
Intaglio: rock crystal
Frame: enamel, glass, gold, and pearl
6.4 × 1.3 cm (2.5 × 0.5 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
This portrait had been thought to date about 1570, when Anna Maria of Austria married King Phillip II of Spain. It is likely, however, this refined intaglio image was carved after a contemporary painting but in the nineteenth century. The frame executed in a delicate process known as émail en résille sur verre emulated a seventeenth-century technique but was certainly done in the nineteenth century.
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