Watch
Medium
Case: painted enamel on gold, and raised enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, and silver
Dimensions
Diameter (case): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Classification
Horology
Culture
Dutch, The Hague movement with French, Paris case
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.190.1417
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About the Artist
Henri Toutin|Johannes van Ceulen|I. Josias Belle · 1614–1683
Henri Toutin (1614–c. 1683) was a pioneering French enamel painter who revolutionized the art of portrait miniatures by adapting enamel painting—previously used exclusively for decorative purposes—to portraiture. Born into an artistic family in Paris, Toutin was the son of Jean Toutin (1578–1644), a goldsmith and enameler credited with inventing the technique of painting enamel on gold. Henri cont...