Caption

Portrait of an elderly man in a blue-green tailcoat, half-length facing right. Gray wig with two horizontal curls at the ears; at the back a pigtail tied with a black bow. He wears a white cravat and jabot, a white vest with longitudinal brownish stripes, and a blue-green velvet tailcoat with copper buttons. Background: grayish-green thickets and a fragment of sky. Medallion frame made of copper bronze. On the reverse of the binding: a braid of blond hair set in a bronze frame imitating a snake, surrounded by sapphire enamel with ornaments and a gold inscription: Souvenir et restes cheris du meilleur des Peres. Miniature, dated 1790; height 6.9 cm, width 5.6 cm. Unknown artist; portraits en trois-quarts, costumes, wigs, tailcoats; foreign miniature style., An oval pendant with a metal rim in a warm gold tone surrounds a painted miniature portrait of a man shown from the chest up, wearing a powdered white wig and a dark blue coat with visible buttons, and a white cravat; the face has pale skin tones with subtle pink and tan shading, and the background is a muted mix of dark gray and bluish tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_348

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.2Mb (1.9Mb) / 10.1in x 14.3in / 3026 x 4301 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait elderly man blue-green tailcoat half-length facing right Gray wig two horizontal curls ears back pigtail tied black bow wears white cravat jabot white vest longitudinal brownish stripes blue-green velvet tailcoat copper buttons Background grayish-green thickets fragment sky Medallion frame copper bronze reverse binding braid blond hair set bronze frame imitating snake surrounded sapphire enamel ornaments gold inscription Souvenir et restes cheris du meilleur des Peres Miniature dated 1790 height 6.9 cm width 5.6 cm Unknown artist portraits en trois-quarts costumes wigs tailcoats foreign miniature style oval pendant metal rim warm gold tone surrounds painted miniature portrait man shown chest up wearing powdered white wig dark blue coat visible buttons face pale skin tones subtle pink tan shading background muted mix dark gray bluish tones.