Keywords: Henri Toutin - Oval Locket with the Four Elements - Walters 44323.jpg This very refined painted enamel represents female personifications of the four Elements Earth Air Fire and Water It was probably produced in the French city of Blois possibly in the Toutin family workshop which had developed new techniques that permitted the use of a white background for enamels instead of the earlier black or dark blue The locket contained a watercolor miniature of a lady by another artist and could have been worn on a chain around the neck or hung from a sash or girdle ca 1650 Baroque gold with painted enamel pearl cm 7 4 5 accession number 44 323 14413 George Robinson Harding London Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 place of origin Blois France Walters Art Museum license Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Henri Toutin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Allegories of the four elements |