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Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse by Nardon Pénicaud — VisualArtsDB

Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse

Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse

Nardon Pénicaud

1500–1525

Medium: Copper and enamel
Dimensions: 13.5 × 13.7 cm (5 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Genre: enamel
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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enamelmetalworkeuropean decorative artscopper