MIRROR ON STAND
18th century
Medium
Toilet mirror on stand, cross-banded, frame of glass has inner moulding gilt
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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The Picasso Century | Online tour
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Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
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Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
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Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
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Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia
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Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
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TIWI | Exhibition video tour
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SPURS
SPUR
The first cloud
William Quiller ORCHARDSON
Portrait of an old lady
Françoise DUPARC
JAR
Weeping woman
Pablo PICASSO
Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q
EGYPT, el-Amarna
BOWL
Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina
Thomas de KEYSER
Baronne Madeleine Deslandes
Edward BURNE-JONES
Hero and Leander
Nicolas RÉGNIER
Shearing the rams
Tom ROBERTS
A la ville Albane
UNKNOWN
Self-portrait
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life, Paris, medal and box
Pierre TURIN (designer)
Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
Spouted pharmacy jar
ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer)
Coffee pot
GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Henning KOPPEL (designer)
Shield
Unknown
MEDALLION PORTRAIT
Cabinet
W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925
Robert BONFILS
The grasshopper
Jules LEFEBVRE
Rembrandt
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn; REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn (studio of)
Winter, from The four seasons
FULDA PORCELAIN FACTORY, Fulda (manufacturer)
Two old men disputing
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life, Paris, box
Pierre TURIN (designer)
RING
The finding of the True Cross
COLA dell'Amatrice