Caption

Portrait of Zofia née Radziwill post 1582–1613, 1733–1737. Oval portrait in a laurel wreath inscribed in the rectangle of the painting. Within the oval: half-length, turned three-quarters to the left, a young slender woman with dark hair visible at the temples from under a parted white bonnet, over which a dark beret is worn; wearing a yellow bell-shaped dress with a high collar and puffy short sleeves, a white shirt beneath, and a densely ribbed ruff with raised edges at the neck. A dark blue ribbon on the chest. Brownish background, smooth. The face is slim with a high forehead, almond-shaped eyes, a narrow nose, and a small mouth. The oval portrait is supported by a black eagle with spread wings, wearing a princely mitre, bearing the Traby coat of arms on its chest and the Leliwa coat of arms in its beak. In its talons it holds a white ribbon with a Latin inscription. Steel-gray smooth background for the compositional field. Inscription in white paint upper right: N 183. Dimensions: height 105 cm, width 73 cm. Unknown artist. Inscriptions: see painting., A painted portrait shows a person with a pale face framed by a white ruffled collar and dark hair topped by a dark cap, wearing a golden-brown dress with puffed sleeves and a long blue sash; the figure is set inside an oval wreath with golden-brown tones against a dark brown background, and below the oval a dark bird-like form with spread wings holds a ribbon-like scroll. The visible colors include brown, golden-brown, dark brown, black, pale cream, white, blue, and a small area of muted red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_447

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Rights managed

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72.2Mb (3.2Mb) / 14.0in x 20.0in / 4208 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Zofia née Radziwill post 1582–1613 1733–1737 Oval portrait laurel wreath inscribed rectangle painting Within oval half-length turned three-quarters left young slender woman dark hair visible temples under parted white bonnet dark beret worn wearing yellow bell-shaped dress high collar puffy short sleeves white shirt beneath densely ribbed ruff raised edges neck dark blue ribbon chest Brownish background smooth face slim high forehead almond-shaped eyes narrow nose small mouth oval portrait supported black eagle spread wings princely mitre bearing Traby coat arms Leliwa coat beak talons holds white ribbon Latin inscription Steel-gray smooth background compositional field Inscription white paint upper right N 183 Dimensions height 105 cm width 73 cm Unknown artist Inscriptions see painted portrait person pale face framed white ruffled collar dark hair topped dark cap golden-brown dress puffed sleeves long blue sash figure set inside oval wreath golden-brown tones dark brown background dark bird- form spread wings holds ribbon- scroll visible colors include brown golden-brown dark brown black pale cream blue small area muted red.