Caption

Portrait of Stefania Ginowska, en face portrait of a woman, Polish miniature, unknown artist. Fiancée of Adolf Januszkiewicz 1803–1857, insurgent of 1831; wife of Karol Kaczkowski. Head slightly tilted toward the left shoulder. Chestnut hair in long curls falling over the shoulders, brown eyes. Fragment of a dark brown dress. Background uniformly brown. Rectangular passe-partout made of green paper imitating silk grosgrain, a strip of gilded paper with an embossed fine ornament, embossed pearls on the edges. Dated 1830, miniature, height 13.5 cm, width 10.2 cm., An oval portrait of a young person with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and dark eyes set against a dark background, framed by dark brown to black hair that falls in curls around the face and neck; the face shows subtle pink and peach tones on the cheeks and lips, with lighter skin tones on the forehead and neck. The portrait is set within an oval mat that appears dark brown to black inside the oval and surrounded by a decorative border in muted gold. Around the oval is a rectangular outer frame in various shades of green with a textured or marbled appearance, accented by a row of small round gold embellishments along the inner and outer edges. The overall color palette includes greens, golds, dark brown or black, pale skin tones, pinks, and peach.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_244

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.9Mb (2.4Mb) / 10.7in x 13.4in / 3222 x 4006 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Stefania Ginowska en face portrait woman Polish miniature unknown artist Fiancée Adolf Januszkiewicz 1803–1857 insurgent 1831 wife Karol Kaczkowski Head slightly tilted left shoulder Chestnut hair long curls falling shoulders brown eyes Fragment dark brown dress Background uniformly brown Rectangular passe-partout green paper imitating silk grosgrain strip gilded paper embossed fine ornament embossed pearls edges Dated 1830 miniature height 13.5 cm width 10.2 cm oval portrait young person pale skin rosy cheeks dark eyes set dark background framed dark brown black hair falls curls face neck subtle pink peach tones cheeks lips lighter skin tones forehead portrait set within oval mat black inside oval surrounded decorative border muted gold rectangular outer frame various shades green textured marbled appearance accented row small round gold embellishments inner outer edges color palette includes greens golds black pale skin tones pinks peach.