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Diaphanorama of fireworks

about 1750
Medium/TechniqueReverse painting on glass; wooden armature
DimensionsOverall: 30.5 × 33.5 × 12.7 cm (12 × 13 3/16 × 5 in.)
Credit LineThe Richard Balzer Collection—Gift of Patricia Bellinger Balzer
Accession number2019.821
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsGlass
ProvenanceBetween about 1970 and 2017, acquired by Richard Balzer (b. 1944 - d. 2017), Brookline, MA; by inheritance to Patricia Bellinger; 2019, gift of Patricia Bellinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
"British America" of Winsor N.S. Passing Flushing 1875
"British America" of Winsor N.S. Passing Flushing 1875
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1875
Image Not Available for Chiffres, cartouches, compartiments, couronnes, fleurons, bordures, armes, et autres ornements à l'usage des peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, orphevres, diamantaires, metteurs en oeuvre armuriers, serruriers, menuisiers et autres artistes
Chiffres, cartouches, compartiments, couronnes, fleurons, bordures, armes, et autres ornements à l'usage des peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, orphevres, diamantaires, metteurs en oeuvre armuriers, serruriers, menuisiers et autres artistes
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
18th century
Image Not Available for Les avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane
Les avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
1747
Image Not Available for Untitled [Still Life, Flowers], n. d.
Untitled [Still Life, Flowers], n. d.
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th–19th centuries
Image Not Available for Untitled [Still Life, Flowers and Bird nest], n. d.
Untitled [Still Life, Flowers and Bird nest], n. d.
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th–19th centuries
Image Not Available for Brown and white flower with fly on leaf
Brown and white flower with fly on leaf
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
Image Not Available for White flowers
White flowers
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
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Morning Glories on black background
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
18th century
Image Not Available for A Parrot, an Eagle, a Swan, and a Stork
A Parrot, an Eagle, a Swan, and a Stork
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
Image Not Available for Kinders siet hier met verblyden, De Schoone Cavalcade ryden...
Kinders siet hier met verblyden, De Schoone Cavalcade ryden...
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
Image Not Available for Gild-of Kermis-Os
Gild-of Kermis-Os
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 18th century
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Harbor Scene
Unidentified artist, Dutch, 17th or 18th century