1592970509000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-107769 1755194524613 1471000512000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-107769 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/107769 5f073c51-73a9-30f2-b319-369c4688f2dc 5 reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass black, Etruscan red, white, and dark blue reference term-32638 adlib-term-32638 97b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2b enamel Portrait slightly convex glass painted on the reverse in enamels, and gilded black, Etruscan red, white, and dark blue, and gilded reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration Height cm 16.5 Width cm 14.2 Frame Applied Arts Portrait miniature of a young man in profile to sinister, glass, painted on the reverse, in black, Etruscan red, and dark blue enamels, and gilt. Signed 'w Spornberg invenit Bath'. Mounted in an oval wooden frame. Slightly convex glass, painted on the reverse in black, red, white, and dark blue enamels, and gilt. Oval. A young man in profile to sinister. His hair is dressed in a queue tied at the bottom with a bow, and he wears a coat with a high collar, a cravat and ruffled shirt. The profile is painted in black and red against a black ground with a narrow red line border. Below the portrait inscribed from the back is the signature 'Mr SPORNBERG invenit Bath'. The medallion is surrounded by a gold line from which radiate eight semi-circles of blue enamel edged with gold, alternating with eight gold triffid leaves with small black lines and a spot on each. The area beyond is white. The miniature is set in an oval moulded wood frame, backed with greyish-blue paper, and having a small metal hanging loop at the top. The miniature and its frame are housed in a modern, rectangular wooden box with a loose glass front, lined on the bottom/back with four pieces of grey-green velvet (not accessioned) C.2-2004 1 accession number C.2-2004 107769 priref 107769 2004 2004 2004 Department of Paintings and Drawings Entry Form Entry form 538 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/107769 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/107769 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by Mrs E.M.L. Turner reference agent-167961 adlib-agent-167961 87b179f6-bdbc-38bf-8b69-8cc818a4d974 Turner, E. M. L., Mrs 2004 2004 2004-03-01 bequeathed See invoice from Sotheby Parke Bernet in the object's file 1792 1792 CE 1792 circa 1792 1800 Spornberg advertised 'Etruscan Profiles' in the 'Bath Herald and Advertiser' in 1792 and 1793 and continued to make them until at least 1813. 1 1800 CE 1800 circa 1800 painter reference agent-129134 adlib-agent-129134 a3d7936d-07c2-38e7-9c37-f1a3ced2b8c4 Spornberg, Jacob Spornberg was born in Finland, studied painting in Stockholm, and visited Bath briefly in 1785 before settling there in 1790. reference term-106779 adlib-term-106779 f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a 18th Century, Late reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-106615 adlib-term-106615 7762c05c-f60f-32af-8c2e-4cbd426d5aa7 literal England England country Bath slightly convex reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait history note Purchased by the testatrix from Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London on 14 March 1985 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-4777 adlib-publication-4777 99efbc4f-1852-319f-a151-a105e7a6d822 Jacob Spornberg, 18th Century Artist from Finland reference term-12533 adlib-term-12533 7115045b-6f55-3213-95f9-64d260f26812 Etruscan

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