Caption

Double portrait of Eliza Elzbieta née Zygmunt Krasinska 1820–1876 and her sister Zofia Sophie Katarzyna née Branicka Liwiusz, duchess Odescalichi 1821–1886, painted by Emilio Rossi ca. fl. 1830–1850. Ink inscription on glass: Elzbieta / née Branicki / Zygmuntowa Krasinska / 'Zofia Odescalchi', 1840, Russia. Miniature, height 24.2 cm, width 17.9 cm; aristocratic female portrait, dresses, family., A framed portrait of two young women from the chest up against a plain light background; one woman has dark curly hair and a pale complexion and wears a dark olive-green shawl over a lacy white collar, the other has straight light brown hair in a bob and a pale complexion and wears a soft gray-blue dress with a lacy white collar; both faces are rendered with neutral expressions and subtle shading, and the image includes colors such as cream, olive green, gray-blue, brown, black, and white, with a dark brown frame and a thin gold inner border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_152

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.9Mb (1.6Mb) / 11.1in x 14.4in / 3315 x 4313 (300dpi)

Keywords

Double portrait Eliza Elzbieta née Zygmunt Krasinska 1820–1876 sister Zofia Sophie Katarzyna née Branicka Liwiusz duchess Odescalichi 1821–1886 painted Emilio Rossi ca fl 1830–1850 Ink inscription glass Elzbieta née Branicki Zygmuntowa Krasinska Zofia Odescalchi 1840 Russia Miniature height 24.2 cm width 17.9 cm aristocratic female portrait dresses family framed portrait two young women chest up plain light background woman dark curly hair pale complexion wears dark olive-green shawl lacy white collar straight brown hair bob soft gray-blue dress faces rendered neutral expressions subtle shading image includes colors cream olive green gray-blue brown black white dark brown frame thin gold inner border.