Caption

Queen Jadwiga and William the Kind, after the Habsburg portraits, Lesser, Alexander 1814–1884 draughtsman/author; Jadwiga Queen of Poland; 1374–1399 — iconography; queens; William the Kind Duke of Austria; ca. 1370–1406 — portraits, personages; 14th century; male and female portraits; polonica; Polish personalities. Drawing on tracing paper glued over a slightly larger sheet of paper, upper edge glued to cardboard. Date: 1830–1884. Medium: drawing. Image dimensions: drawing 24.5 × 25.1 cm; backing 29.4 × 25.6 cm; cardboard 35.6 × 25.9 cm., A man and a woman stand side by side against a plain beige background, both wearing historical clothing and headwear; the man has curly brown hair and a full beard, a red robe with blue-gray puffed sleeves, a fur-trimmed hat in red and white, and a large ornate gold chain around his neck, with his left hand holding a red shield with a horizontal white band and his right hand raised palm-up; the woman wears a white headdress with gold dots, a purple shoulder cape over a patterned green-gold dress, a long gold necklace with a pendant, and rests her hands atop a red shield that features alternating horizontal white bands and a white eagle motif, with both figures rendered in muted tones of red, gold, purple, blue-gray, white, beige, brown, and green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_444

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54.2Mb (2.3Mb) / 13.5in x 15.6in / 4047 x 4682 (300dpi)

Keywords

Queen Jadwiga William Kind Habsburg portraits Lesser Alexander 1814–1884 draughtsman author Jadwiga Queen Poland 1374–1399 iconography queens Kind Duke Austria ca 1370–1406 portraits personages 14th century male female portraits polonica Polish personalities Drawing tracing paper glued slightly larger sheet paper upper edge glued cardboard Date 1830–1884 Medium drawing Image dimensions backing man woman stand side plain beige background wearing historical clothing headwear curly brown hair full beard red robe blue-gray puffed sleeves fur-trimmed hat red white large ornate gold chain neck left hand holding red shield horizontal white band right hand raised palm-up woman wears white headdress gold dots purple shoulder cape patterned green-gold dress long gold necklace pendant rests hands atop features alternating horizontal white bands white eagle motif figures rendered muted tones gold purple blue-gray beige brown green.