Caption
Oval portrait of Queen Constance of Habsburg, after an engraving, Lesser, Alexander 1814-1884 draughtsman/author; Constance of Habsburg Queen of Poland and Sweden; 1588–1631 - iconography; queens; Poland; Habsburgs family; personages; portraits; women's portraits; Lesser, Emilian 1848–1912; Lesser, Wiktor Stanislaw Sigismund baron; 1853–1935; Polish personalities. Drawing on tracing paper glued across its entire surface to paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with its upper edge to cardboard. Date: 1830–1884. Medium/type: drawing, tracing. Dimensions: card height 15.2 cm, width 10.4 cm; cardboard height 35.8 cm, width 25.8 cm., A monochrome ink portrait of a woman shown from the waist up inside an oval frame, wearing an ornate dress with puffed sleeves and a high, starched ruff collar; she has curled hair arranged under a small jeweled crown or headpiece with a feather, a beaded necklace and dangling pendant, and a decorative bodice with strands of beads and ornamental details; her hands rest in front of her holding a folded fan; the background is shaded and the overall palette shows shades of gray, black, and off-white.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A32_481
License type
Rights managed
Available size
27.0Mb (1.1Mb) / 8.5in x 12.3in / 2558 x 3692 (300dpi)