Caption

Portrait of Barbara Radziwill née Koly Wolska ?-1550, mother of Barbara Radziwill, unknown Polish painter. Oval portrait in a laurel wreath incorporated into the painting's rectangle. Within the oval: half-length, turned slightly to the left, a woman in a white bonnet with a flowing white veil, in a sleeveless black dress and a white shirt with a ruff. On the bodice is a huge multi-leaf pendant decorated with stones and pearls, and four double strings of pearls. The face is elongated with prominent eyebrows and a long nose. The background of the portrait is brown and smooth. The portrait rests on the back of a black eagle with spread wings, with a princely mitre on its head and the Traby coat of arms on its chest. In its beak it holds the Junosza coat of arms, and in its talons a white ribbon with a Latin inscription. The background of the composition is gray-blue and smooth. At the bottom left, an inscription in white paint: N 100, partially washed out. 1733–1737; oil painting; 108 × 75 cm., A framed painted portrait of a woman wearing a translucent white veil and a white headpiece over dark hair, with a pale face and neutral expression; she wears a high white ruffled collar and a dark dress with decorative beading and a large ornamental pendant at her chest, along with a few small hanging adornments; a dark oval background is surrounded by a golden laurel-like wreath, and a light gray scroll-like element is visible at the bottom; visible colors include shades of gray, black, white, gold, brown, pale flesh tones, and a few touches of red and blue.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_449

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.0Mb (3.4Mb) / 13.8in x 20.0in / 4138 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Barbara Radziwill née Koly Wolska -1550 mother Barbara Radziwill unknown Polish painter Oval portrait laurel wreath incorporated painting's rectangle Within oval half-length turned slightly left woman white bonnet flowing white veil sleeveless black dress white shirt ruff bodice huge multi-leaf pendant decorated stones pearls four double strings face elongated prominent eyebrows long nose background portrait brown smooth portrait rests back black eagle spread wings princely mitre head Traby coat arms chest beak holds Junosza coat talons white ribbon Latin inscription composition gray-blue bottom left inscription white paint N 100 partially washed 1733–1737 oil painting framed painted portrait woman wearing translucent white veil white headpiece dark hair pale face neutral expression wears high white ruffled collar dark dress decorative beading large ornamental pendant small hanging adornments dark oval background surrounded golden laurel- wreath light gray scroll- element visible bottom visible colors include shades gray black white gold pale flesh tones touches red blue.