Caption

Portrait of Michal Walicki, unknown author, pastelist; Michal Walicki 1746–1828 – male portrait, after 1800; pastel drawing; height 20 cm, width 16 cm., A framed, faded portrait of a person rendered in soft, muted tones, with a hazy oval face and indistinct features centered in the composition; the figure is surrounded by a diffuse background with blended areas of brown, gray, green, and warm ochre, and the face shows paler flesh tones with touches of reddish color at the mouth and subtle bluish highlights near the neck. The wooden frame is dark, worn black with scuffs and lighter worn patches, and there is a small aged paper label attached to the lower edge of the frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_409

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30.3Mb (2.0Mb) / 9.7in x 12.1in / 2911 x 3644 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Michal Walicki unknown author pastelist Michal Walicki 1746–1828 – male portrait 1800 pastel drawing height 20 cm width 16 cm framed faded portrait person rendered soft muted tones hazy oval face indistinct features centered composition figure surrounded diffuse background blended areas brown gray green warm ochre face paler flesh tones touches reddish color mouth subtle bluish highlights near neck wooden frame dark worn black scuffs lighter worn patches small aged paper label attached lower edge frame.