Caption

Portrait of a Man in a Blue Tailcoat, Noortwyck, Frans Joseph 1767–1788 painter; miniature portrait, 1785, Germany. Bust three-quarters right; white wig with pigtail, blue eyes. Wearing white shirt collar, cravat and jabot; blue tailcoat with diamond buttons. Background dark grey, lightened near the face. Oval gold binding rim set with pearls one pearl missing, replaced by an artificial one. Height 4.8 cm, width 4.2 cm. Inscribed on right along the edge: JF / tied monogram / Noortwyck. On reverse, on a blue-gray background, a monogram of rose garlands: TUC / tied /., An oval pendant with a scalloped metallic frame in a gold tone surrounds a pale bluish-gray oval center that contains a floral garland motif made of a few delicate green leafy stems and several pink rose-like blooms with hints of darker green and muted purple, all arranged in a looping, ribbon-like pattern; the pendant has a round gold-tone loop at the top and the background around the pendant is a uniform dark gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_033

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25.9Mb (1.4Mb) / 8.7in x 11.5in / 2617 x 3462 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Man Blue Tailcoat Noortwyck Frans Joseph 1767–1788 painter miniature portrait 1785 Germany Bust three-quarters right white wig pigtail blue eyes Wearing white shirt collar cravat jabot blue tailcoat diamond buttons Background dark grey lightened near face Oval gold binding rim set pearls pearl missing replaced artificial Height 4.8 cm width 4.2 cm Inscribed right edge Jf tied monogram reverse blue-gray background monogram rose garlands Tuc tied oval pendant scalloped metallic frame gold tone surrounds pale bluish-gray oval center contains floral garland motif delicate green leafy stems several pink rose- blooms hints darker green muted purple arranged looping ribbon- pattern pendant round gold-tone loop top background uniform dark gray.