Portrait of Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby
Workshop of
Christian Friedrich Zincke
(German, ca. 1684 - 1767)
Formerly attributed to
Christian Friedrich Zincke
(German, ca. 1684 - 1767)
Dateca. 1730
MediumEnamel on copper;
Gold case
DimensionsSight: 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 inches (4.45 × 3.65 cm)
Framed: 1 13/16 × 1 9/16 inches (4.6 × 3.97 cm)
Framed: 1 13/16 × 1 9/16 inches (4.6 × 3.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/166
InscribedNone
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DescriptionPortrait miniature of a woman with natural hair wearing a white gown before a gray background.Exhibition HistoryThe Starr Foundation Collection of Miniatures, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, December 8, 1972–January 14, 1973, no cat., no. 28, as Duchess of Buckingham.
Probably Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby (ca. 1681–1743), Buckingham House, London, by 1743;
Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.
Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, 1971), no. 28, p. 15, (repro.), as Duchess of Buckingham.
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Christian Friedrich Zincke
ca. 1727
F58-60/165
