Caption
Portrait of Princess Jadwiga Jagiellon with a bird in her hand, after an engraving by Fellner from the German Almanac; draughtsman: Alexander Lesser 1814–1884. Subject: Jadwiga Jagiellon Polish and Lithuanian princess; 1457–1502. Iconography: queens, women's portrait, copies from engravings; graphic art, German graphic art. Drawing on tracing paper glued across its entire surface to paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with the upper edge to cardboard. ca. 1850. Drawing tracing. Card: height 12.3 cm, width 9.0 cm; cardboard: height 34.7 cm, width 24.8 cm., A seated woman wearing an ornate headdress with a decorative floral ornament and a veil is shown in a detailed monochrome drawing; she has a calm facial expression and wears drop earrings, a choker and layered necklaces, and a richly patterned, embroidered gown with intricate lace and jewelry-like embellishments on the bodice and sleeves, while one hand rests on an open book and the other lies across her lap; the background shows architectural elements such as columns topped with small sculpted figures and a lightly shaded wall, and the image contains a narrow decorative border in shades of red and the paper has beige and brown tones.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A32_459
License type
Rights managed
Available size
19.0Mb (1.3Mb) / 7.4in x 9.9in / 2222 x 2984 (300dpi)