Caption

Portrait of a woman sitting in an armchair, unknown painter. Half-length, 3/4 right view; dark hair with white lace on the head; three strings of pearls at the neck. Wearing a white long-sleeved Empire dress with a black belt and decorative gold buckle at the bodice, and a ruffle around the neckline. Left hand resting on an armchair upholstered with blue and yellow/gold stripes. Jewellery, headgear, interiors, furniture armchair, curtains. Unfinished miniature. Background: left side shows a blue curtain and fragment of a column; right side is a uniform dark background slightly brightened around the head. Frame: narrow brass frame. Date: 1810. Medium: miniature. Size: height 7.7 cm, width 6 cm., An oval portrait set in a worn gold frame shows a seated woman wearing a white dress with a black waist band and a lace cap; she has pale skin, brown curly hair, and a neutral expression, with a string of dark beads around her neck and a bracelet on her wrist. The background includes a blue draped curtain, a brown wall, and a column or architectural element, while the seat she rests on is upholstered in striped fabric featuring blue, yellow, and beige tones. The overall palette includes white, blue, brown, gold, black, beige, and pale skin tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_201

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.5Mb (1.4Mb) / 10.4in x 13.2in / 3133 x 3955 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait woman sitting armchair unknown painter Half-length 3 4 right view dark hair white lace head three strings pearls neck Wearing white long-sleeved Empire dress black belt decorative gold buckle bodice ruffle neckline Left hand resting armchair upholstered blue yellow gold stripes Jewellery headgear interiors furniture armchair curtains Unfinished miniature Background left side blue curtain fragment column right side uniform dark background slightly brightened Frame narrow brass frame Date 1810 Medium miniature Size height 7.7 cm width 6 cm oval portrait set worn gold frame seated woman wearing white dress black waist band lace cap pale skin brown curly hair neutral expression string dark beads bracelet wrist background includes draped curtain brown wall architectural element seat rests upholstered striped fabric featuring beige tones palette includes white brown gold black beige pale skin tones.