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Stenciled Frame with a Reproduction Portrait of Maria Louise de Tassis ca. 1630

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Designed by
Lockwood de Forest
American (1850 - 1932) Primary



Stenciled Frame with a Reproduction Portrait of Maria Louise de Tassis ca. 1630

ca. 1881-1886
Wood, photogravure

Framed
40 in. x 30 1/2 in. (101.6 cm x 77.47 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 2011.4.72
Other Number(s): ENV.59 (Previous No.)
Acquisition Date: 1935
Geography: North and Central America, United States
Classification: Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Photomechanical Prints
Culture/Nationality: American
Collection: Deanery Collection
Description: Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) was an American-born artist who is most well-known for his landscape painting and interior design, as well as for his partnership with Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Associated Artists in New York. As a young man he travelled frequently with his family, touring Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East before the age of 25, but his greatest interest was in the decorative arts of Eastern India. De Forest spent many years in Ahmedabad overseeing a workshop where craftsmen produced carved furniture, tracery panels, jewelry, and textiles for export to New York City.

This golden oak frame is stenciled in black paint in a curvilinear floral design, reminiscent of much of de Forest’s other stencil work on furniture as well as on ceilings, walls, and floors throughout the Deanery. Within the frame is a photogravure reproduction of Maria Louise de Tassis, an oil painting completed ca. 1630 by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). The original portrait by the Flemish painter is located in Vaduz, in the Princely Collections of the Liechtenstein Museum.

Numerous sepia reproductions of famous paintings, including this portrait, hung in the Deanery alongside original works of art. This work was one of three reproductions of van Dyck portraits in the Deanery, located in the main Dining Room and in guest suites on the third floor.

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  • frames - Cases or structures that surround or enclose such items as works of art, mirrors, or documents, serving as support or protection or to call attention, while leaving the items visible.
  • paint - Any dispersion of pigment in a liquid binder. Paint is applied with a brush, roller, sprayer, or by dipping and dries to form a decorative or protective film.
  • photogravures - Photomechanical prints produced by the process called photogravure, in which the metal printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process, leaving a gelatin resist of varying thickness. The plate is etched to form cells of varying depth able to hold different amounts of ink. If done with an aquatint grain, use "photoaquatints.".
  • stenciling - Method of creating multiple copies of a design by cutting it out of a thin yet durable sheet, such as thin brass or plastic, and dabbing, pouncing, spraying, or rubbing a color substance through the openings. For printing from stencils, use "stencil printing."
  • wood - The principal tissue of trees and other plants that provides both strength and a means of conducting nutrients. Wood is one of the most versatile materials known.

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Dimensions
  • Framed Dimensions: 40 x 30 1/2 in. (101.6 x 77.47 cm)

Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
  • Roberta A. Mayer, Lockwood De Forest University of Delaware Press. Newark, NJ, 2008
    Page Number: 173, Figure Number: 155

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