Caption

Portrait of a Woman Sitting at a Table, unknown painter. Interiors office, table, chair; young woman in Empire dress with high neckline and shawl; portrait of woman face en face, body right, knee-length, 3/4 half-figure to the right, head almost straight. Seated at a round table with her right hand resting on an open book. Black hair tied on top of the head with a yellow comb; brown eyes. White Empire dress with high neckline; olive taffet shawl with a ginger border on her shoulders. Brown chair; gray background. Miniature, 1808; height 7.6 cm, width 6.5 cm. Frame: gilded bronze, narrow profiled rim with palmette motif around the center., An oval framed miniature portrait shows a seated woman with pale skin and dark curly hair styled up with a small loop at the top, wearing a white dress with a low neckline and a dark shawl draped over her shoulders that has a decorative edge; she rests her arms on a surface beside a wooden chair back with a geometric pattern. The frame is golden with engraved detailing and a small attached hanging loop, and the background behind the woman is a muted gray. The visible colors include gold, pale skin tones, dark brown, white, gray, and a hint of red in the shawl's trim.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_052

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.4Mb (1.6Mb) / 9.6in x 13.5in / 2887 x 4046 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Woman Sitting Table unknown painter Interiors office table chair young woman Empire dress high neckline shawl portrait woman face en face body right knee-length 3 4 half-figure right head almost straight Seated round table right hand resting open book Black hair tied top head yellow comb brown eyes White Empire dress olive taffet shawl ginger border shoulders Brown chair gray background Miniature 1808 height 7.6 cm width 6.5 cm Frame gilded bronze narrow profiled rim palmette motif center oval framed miniature portrait seated woman pale skin dark curly hair styled up small loop wearing white dress low neckline dark shawl draped decorative edge rests arms surface beside wooden chair back geometric pattern frame golden engraved detailing small attached hanging loop background woman muted gray visible colors include gold pale skin tones dark brown white gray hint red shawl's trim.