Caption

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1776–1810, wife of Frederick William III of Prussia 1770–1840. Portrait miniature, 1790. Half-figure in left profile: grey-blue eyes, dark hair adorned with pearls, hair tied with a white scarf at the neck, wearing a white Empire-style dress with stripes and a low neckline; shoulder-length portrait, headgear of pearls. Paper background, height 6.5 cm, width 4.8 cm. Narrow bronze rim set in a frame imitating ebony., An oval pendant with a dark brown outer frame and a gold inner rim contains a delicate pencil portrait of a woman in profile; she has a high neck scarf and a striped dress with an empire waist, and her curly hair is arranged high with a decorative band, all rendered in soft gray tones against a pale background, with the pendant topped by a small gold loop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_194

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.3Mb (1.4Mb) / 12.1in x 15.1in / 3640 x 4542 (300dpi)

Keywords

Louise Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1776–1810 wife Frederick William III Prussia 1770–1840 Portrait miniature 1790 Half-figure left profile grey-blue eyes dark hair adorned pearls hair tied white scarf neck wearing white Empire-style dress stripes low neckline shoulder-length portrait headgear Paper background height 6.5 cm width 4.8 cm Narrow bronze rim set frame imitating ebony oval pendant dark brown outer frame gold inner rim contains delicate pencil portrait woman profile high neck scarf striped dress empire waist curly hair arranged high decorative band rendered soft gray tones pale background pendant topped small gold loop.