Caption

Portrait of a senior officer of the army of the Kingdom of Poland with the Order of Virtuti Militari and the Legion of Honour, traditional title: Kazimierz Lux 1780–1846. Painter: Jedrzej Józef Hintz fl. 1807–1842. Portrait en trois-quarts; miniature height 4.9 cm, width 3.8 cm. Subject: young military man, bust 3/4 right; black, short, slightly disheveled hair, slanting sideburns. Navy blue uniform with silver piping, buttons and axles. Two orders visible: Virtuti Militari and the Legion of Honour. Background: brown-gray on the left, off-yellow on the right. Binding: narrow gilded iron rim, beveled glass, hanging ring. Poland; dated 1817., An oval painted portrait set in a circular metal frame with a round hanging loop, showing a man from the chest up wearing a dark blue military coat with light-colored decorative shoulder pieces and a small medal, the man has dark hair, sideburns, and a pale face with a neutral expression, the painted background behind him is muted brown and olive tones, the frame interior around the painting is a gold-green color and the outer metal rim is a warm brass-gold, the surrounding backdrop is a smooth light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_102

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31.5Mb (1.3Mb) / 10.4in x 11.8in / 3114 x 3532 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait senior officer army Kingdom Poland Order Virtuti Militari Legion Honour traditional title Kazimierz Lux 1780–1846 Painter Jedrzej Józef Hintz fl 1807–1842 Portrait en trois-quarts miniature height 4.9 cm width 3.8 cm Subject young military man bust 3 4 right black short slightly disheveled hair slanting sideburns Navy blue uniform silver piping buttons axles Two orders visible Background brown-gray left off-yellow right Binding narrow gilded iron rim beveled glass hanging ring dated 1817 oval painted portrait set circular metal frame round hanging loop showing man chest up wearing dark blue military coat light-colored decorative shoulder pieces small medal dark hair sideburns pale face neutral expression painted background muted brown olive tones frame interior painting gold-green color outer metal rim warm brass-gold surrounding backdrop smooth light gray.