Caption

Portrait of a man in a curly wig and a red coat. Shoulder-length portrait, bust 3/4 right, head left. Powdered grey wig parted in the middle; white cravat and jabot; red tailcoat richly embroidered with gold, red coat trimmed with gold embroidery at the collar. Background grey-brown. Miniature, gilt bronze frame, 1700–1730. Height 3.1 cm, width 2.5 cm. Unknown artist. Categories: portraits, men's portraits, costumes, hairstyles, foreign miniatures, provenance., An oval gold-framed pendant with a round suspension ring at the top contains a painted portrait of a person with light gray, tightly curled hair and a light skin tone. The figure wears a deep red garment draped across the shoulders and a hint of white lace or ruffled fabric at the neck. The portrait background is a muted dark brown, and the pendant frame and ring are a warm yellow gold. The overall surrounding area outside the pendant is a neutral light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_327

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.2Mb (1.7Mb) / 9.4in x 12.1in / 2810 x 3631 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait man curly wig red coat Shoulder-length portrait bust 3 4 right head left Powdered grey wig parted middle white cravat jabot red tailcoat richly embroidered gold red coat trimmed gold embroidery collar Background grey-brown Miniature gilt bronze frame 1700–1730 Height 3.1 cm width 2.5 cm Unknown artist Categories portraits men's portraits costumes hairstyles foreign miniatures provenance oval gold-framed pendant round suspension ring top contains painted portrait person light gray tightly curled hair light skin tone figure wears deep red garment draped across shoulders hint white lace ruffled fabric neck portrait background muted dark brown pendant frame ring warm yellow gold surrounding area outside pendant neutral light gray.