Artifacts

Miniature

The miniature was executed by Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810) in the 1770s and set in a gold-cased carnet made by Jean-Jacques Prevost in 1764/65. The carnet was probably bought by E.R. Dashkova in Paris and taken to England where the court painter O. Humphrey made her portrait, subsequently set into the carnet. The carnet contains a calendar and small pen drawing of a vase with flowers. The Hermitage Museum recently acquired the miniature.