Diptych with Portraits of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, First Duke of Milan, and His Wife Caterina di Bernabὸ Visconti
Italian 18th/19th Century
probably late 18th or early 19th century
Medium
Polychrome diptych of wood and precious stones, two oval nielloed silver plates with traces of gilding
Dimensions
overall (open): 8.2 × 14.4 × 1.3 cm (3 1/4 × 5 11/16 × 1/2 in.) overall (closed): 8.2 × 7.2 × 2.7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1961.9.171.a-d