Caption

Helena Tudesca, unknown painter, portraits 3/4 right, flowers, women, headgear turban? egreta?, foreign miniatures, amateurs, 1787, miniature, height 9.8 cm, width 7.7 cm, An oval gilded frame with a textured rim surrounds a painted portrait of a woman shown from the waist up; the frame is gold with darker aged areas and a small hanging ring at the top, and the background behind the portrait is gray. The woman has brown curly hair adorned with a light-colored plume and a blue and pink floral ornament, and she wears pearl or bead earrings; her skin tone is light and her expression is neutral with slightly raised eyebrows. She is dressed in a white low-necked bodice with a fitted brown or tan corset-like garment over it and a dark shawl draped over her shoulders, and she wears a delicate necklace and bracelets that appear to be made of small beads. The painting palette includes gold, gray, brown, white, blue, pink, black, and subtle flesh tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_058

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.3Mb (2.6Mb) / 12.2in x 14.1in / 3647 x 4244 (300dpi)

Keywords

Helena Tudesca unknown painter portraits 3 4 right flowers women headgear turban egreta foreign miniatures amateurs 1787 miniature height 9.8 cm width 7.7 cm oval gilded frame textured rim surrounds painted portrait woman shown waist up gold darker aged areas small hanging ring top background portrait gray woman brown curly hair adorned light-colored plume blue pink floral ornament wears pearl bead earrings skin tone light expression neutral slightly raised eyebrows dressed white low-necked bodice fitted brown tan corset- garment dark shawl draped shoulders wears delicate necklace bracelets small beads painting palette includes brown white pink black subtle flesh tones.