Caption

Pelagia Róza née Potocka 1775–1846, famous for her beauty, wife of Pawel Sapieha. Painter: Wincenty de Lesseur 1745–1813 — possibly by Lesseur or unknown painter. Painted in Lesseur's district, Krzeszowice Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Subject: three-quarter female portrait/miniature. Date: 1780. Medium: miniature. Height: 4 cm., A circular pendant with a decorative gold rim and a loop at the top contains a painted miniature portrait of a young person with curly dark brown hair and fair skin, shown from the shoulders up and wearing a light-colored garment. The face displays subtle pink tones on the cheeks and lips, dark eyebrows, and brown eyes. The background inside the pendant is a muted gray-green, and the outer background behind the pendant is a smooth medium gray. The visible colors include gold, dark brown, fair peach, pink, white, light blue-gray, and medium gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A17_222

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Rights managed

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29.6Mb (1.0Mb) / 10.7in x 10.7in / 3218 x 3218 (300dpi)

Keywords

Pelagia Róza née Potocka 1775–1846 famous beauty wife Pawel Sapieha Painter Wincenty de Lesseur 1745–1813 Lesseur unknown painter Painted Lesseur's district Krzeszowice Lesser Poland Voivodeship Subject three-quarter female portrait miniature Date 1780 Medium Height 4 cm circular pendant decorative gold rim loop top contains painted miniature portrait young person curly dark brown hair fair skin shown shoulders up wearing light-colored garment face displays subtle pink tones cheeks lips dark eyebrows brown eyes background inside pendant muted gray-green outer background smooth medium gray visible colors include gold dark brown fair peach white light blue-gray medium gray.