Caption

Name day card for Maria Mickiewiczówna, with a drawing of an angel pouring flowers from a cornucopia and a self-portrait of the artist playing the violin in the clouds; Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932, addressee Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952; iconography: cornucopia, angels, violin, self-portrait; card with drawing on page 1; filigrees; one card; drawing dated 08/09/1919, Espaly-Saint-Marcel; drawing, height 27.0 cm, width 20.9 cm., A watercolor scene on aged paper showing a cherubic child with gray-blue wings holding a large curved golden horn, from which a spray of small colorful flowers and petals spills downward; nearby a figure playing a violin is partially surrounded by blue-gray cloudlike swirls, and there are several small black birds flying around and along the right edge; the paper has off-white and beige tones with some darker brown stains and torn edges, and the flowers include red, blue, yellow, and green hues while the horn is golden brown and the violin is reddish-brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_416

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Rights managed

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80.4Mb (2.0Mb) / 15.6in x 20.0in / 4682 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Name day card Maria Mickiewiczówna drawing angel pouring flowers cornucopia self-portrait artist playing violin clouds Tadeusz Makowski 1882–1932 addressee Maria Mickiewicz 1868–1952 iconography angels card page 1 filigrees dated 08 09 1919 Espaly-Saint-Marcel height 27.0 cm width 20.9 cm watercolor scene aged paper showing cherubic child gray-blue wings holding large curved golden horn spray small colorful flowers petals spills downward nearby figure playing partially surrounded blue-gray cloudlike swirls several small black birds flying right edge paper off-white beige tones darker brown stains torn edges include red blue yellow green hues horn golden brown reddish-brown.