Caption

Portrait of a Young Woman in a White Empire Dress, Mainelli, Carl 1779–1838 painter. En face portrait of a woman, bust slightly to the left. Curly brown hair in a bun. Wearing a white Empire dress, bustiered, high at the waist, with a double sapphire ribbon tied in a bow and an amaranth shawl. Background grey-pink, damaged with water stains. Binding: secondary, contemporary, made of profiled wood polished to a walnut finish; brass rim on the inside. Colors largely faded so that only a sketch of the figure remains. Beneath the miniature: thin sheet of ducat gold sealed with paper and ownership numbers on the bottom: 5873 MN / Bat. 183 / 9477 Rew. On the reverse, cardboard box covered with dark cherry paper, with black paint on the bottom: 5873 MN. Dated ca. 1815. Miniature height 5.4 cm., A circular framed miniature portrait of a young person with pale skin and curly brown hair, shown from the chest up and wearing a light-colored garment with a darker shoulder drape; the face has blue eyes and a neutral expression. The portrait is set behind a gold inner rim and a wider wooden outer frame with a hanging ring at the top. Visible colors include brown, gold, beige, pale pink, cream, light blue, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_292

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.5Mb (1.3Mb) / 11.7in x 11.7in / 3524 x 3524 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Young Woman White Empire Dress Mainelli Carl 1779–1838 painter En face portrait woman bust slightly left Curly brown hair bun Wearing white Empire dress bustiered high waist double sapphire ribbon tied bow amaranth shawl Background grey-pink damaged water stains Binding secondary contemporary profiled wood polished walnut finish brass rim inside Colors largely faded sketch figure remains Beneath miniature thin sheet ducat gold sealed paper ownership numbers bottom 5873 Mn Bat 183 9477 Rew reverse cardboard box covered dark cherry paper black paint Dated ca 1815 Miniature height 5.4 cm circular framed miniature portrait young person pale skin curly brown hair shown chest up wearing light-colored garment darker shoulder drape face blue eyes neutral expression portrait set gold inner rim wider wooden outer frame hanging ring top Visible colors include brown gold beige pale pink cream light blue gray.