Caption

Second lieutenant of the First Krakus Regiment, unknown painter, 1831, Poland; miniature, height 10.3 cm, width 9.1 cm., A painted portrait of a young person shown from the chest up set inside an oval frame and mounted on a rectangular decorative backing; the person wears a white military-style coat with shoulder epaulettes and a high collar, has light skin and short wavy brown hair, and looks straight ahead with a neutral expression. The painted background behind the figure shows soft blended tones in muted brown and gray. The oval frame is gold with textured ridges, and the rectangular backing is a dull gold or yellowed beige with ornate floral corner decorations in a darker gold and scattered dark spots and speckles across its surface. The visible colors include white, gold, beige, brown, gray, black, and subtle flesh tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_363

License type

Rights managed

Available size

91.6Mb (5.1Mb) / 17.8in x 20.0in / 5337 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Second lieutenant First Krakus Regiment unknown painter 1831 Poland miniature height 10.3 cm width 9.1 cm painted portrait young person shown chest up set inside oval frame mounted rectangular decorative backing person wears white military-style coat shoulder epaulettes high collar light skin short wavy brown hair looks straight ahead neutral expression painted background figure soft blended tones muted brown gray gold textured ridges rectangular backing dull gold yellowed beige ornate floral corner decorations darker gold scattered dark spots speckles across surface visible colors include white beige brown black subtle flesh tones.