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Mirror and frame

Date

about 1750–1775

Medium

Gilt and ebonized pearwood

Culture

Italian

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

Getty Museum

The delicate gilt wood carving that drapes down the sides and over the top of this elaborate mirror contrasts dramatically with the rectangular, ebonized frame. At its top, a nude image of Apollo seen from the back playfully peers at his own reflection in the glass from within a framed cartouche. A mask in a shell, broken architrave elements, and C-scrolls entwined with flowers surround the cartouche and spill down the sides of the mirror. This looking glass would have been displayed over a similarly embellished commode or side table in a Roman palace of the 1700s.

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