Caption

Woman's head in a high wig. Portrait en trois-quarts of a woman with a high blond wig trimmed with a white headdress at the top; white trim on a magenta dress at the bodice. Background: yellowish-green. Oval bronze frame set in an octagonal mother-of-pearl plate placed in an octagonal cut of a square black unpolished wooden frame, inlaid with bronze strips. Miniature, dated 1775, height 1.5 cm, width 1.2 cm., Polish miniature; artist possibly Leopold Méyet 1850–1912 noted in association; amateurs;, mentioned., A square dark wooden panel with worn surfaces and a small metal hanging loop at the top surrounds a recessed octagonal frame with layered stepped edges and subtle gold trim; set in the center is a tiny painted portrait of a person with pale skin, high powdered brown hair, pink cheeks and lips, and a visible white cap, all within a small decorative bezel, with colors including black, dark brown, gold, white, pink, brown, beige, and pale green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_280

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Rights managed

Available size

38.9Mb (2.2Mb) / 12.3in x 12.3in / 3687 x 3687 (300dpi)

Keywords

Woman's head high wig Portrait en trois-quarts woman high blond wig trimmed white headdress top white trim magenta dress bodice Background yellowish-green Oval bronze frame set octagonal mother-of-pearl plate placed octagonal cut square black unpolished wooden frame inlaid bronze strips Miniature dated 1775 height 1.5 cm width 1.2 cm Polish miniature artist Leopold Méyet 1850–1912 noted association amateurs mentioned square dark wooden panel worn surfaces small metal hanging loop top surrounds recessed octagonal frame layered stepped edges subtle gold trim set center tiny painted portrait person pale skin high powdered brown hair pink cheeks lips visible white cap within small decorative bezel colors black dark brown gold white pink brown beige pale green.