Caption

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth of Rakuszanka, after the painted old Genealogy of the Habsburgs in Vienna from 1502; drawing on tracing paper glued across its entire surface to paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with its upper edge to cardboard; drawing; card: height 23.0 cm, width 15.1 cm; cardboard: height 35.6 cm, width 25.9 cm; depiction: Elizabeth of Rakuszanka Queen of Poland, 1436–1505 — women's portrait; copies from paintings; copies of an illustration; dated 1830–1884; maker: Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman; associated name: Emilian Lesser 1848–1912., A seated figure wearing a crown with decorative floral elements and a draped headscarf, shown from the waist up, holding a beaded necklace that hangs down; the figure wears a flowing robe with wide sleeves and layered necklaces with ornate pendants. The drawing is done with fine black outlines and subtle washes of color including pale skin tones, golden yellow on the crown and jewelry, light blue shading on the robe, brownish-red beads, and faint pinkish accents; the background is a beige paper with a thin red border around the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_453

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26.8Mb (1.2Mb) / 8.3in x 12.5in / 2501 x 3740 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Queen Elizabeth Rakuszanka painted old Genealogy Habsburgs Vienna 1502 drawing tracing paper glued across entire surface paper dimensions upper edge cardboard card height 23.0 cm width 15.1 cm 35.6 cm width 25.9 cm depiction Elizabeth Rakuszanka Queen Poland 1436–1505 women's portrait copies paintings illustration dated 1830–1884 maker Alexander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman associated name Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 seated figure wearing crown decorative floral elements draped headscarf shown waist up holding beaded necklace hangs down figure wears flowing robe wide sleeves layered necklaces ornate pendants done fine black outlines subtle washes color pale skin tones golden yellow jewelry light blue shading robe brownish-red beads faint pinkish accents background beige paper thin red border image.