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
Rights
Public Domain
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...