Plaque
James Tassie
1796
Medium
Glass paste, wood
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (8.9 x 6 cm)
Classification
Plaque
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1939
Accession Number
39.188
Tags
PortraitsMenProfiles
About the Artist
James Tassie · 1735–1799
James Tassie (1735–1799) was a Scottish modeler and gem engraver who became one of the most celebrated producers of portrait medallions and reproductions of antique gems in eighteenth-century Europe. Born near Glasgow, Tassie initially trained as a mason's apprentice before his artistic talents drew him toward finer work. Moving to Dublin, he collaborated with the physician and amateur chemist Hen...