About the Artwork
Gorget
between ca. 1810 and 1825
Dominique Riopelle
1787-1859
American
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 5 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches (13.3 × 4.4 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Robert H. Tannahill
64.87
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Stamped, on front, in oval, D is partially effaced, in script: DR
Provenance
Indians of Village-des-Hurons (Lorette, near Quebec City, Quebec)
collection Louis Carrier (Sainte-Anne de Bellvue, Quebec)
collection Lucille Carrier
1964-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Fox, Ross Allan C. Quebec and Related SIlver at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit,1978, pp. 126-127.
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Dominique Riopelle, Gorget, between ca. 1810 and 1825, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Robert H. Tannahill, 64.87.
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