Caption

Portrait of Stanislaw August Poniatowski in coronation robes after a painting formerly located in the Warsaw Town Hall; drawing on cardboard glued by the upper edge to another cardboard; drawing; height 30.1 cm, width 23.2 cm; cardboard: height 35.6 cm, width 25.8 cm; 1830–1884; subject: Stanislaw August Poniatowski King of Poland, 1732–1798; portrait, male portrait, portrait of a ruler; copy after a painting; maker: Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman; unknown co-author., A portrait drawing of a person wearing a jeweled crown and an ornate robe, rendered on tan paper; the crown shows colors including gold, red, blue, and green, and the robe and garments display shades of yellow, orange, red, white, and gray with decorative patterns and fur trim; the figure has a pale complexion and light hair, a calm facial expression, and is posed with one hand resting near the waist and the other extending outward; the background is the same tan paper with a few small darker spots and slight edge wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_497

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Available size

53.3Mb (1.7Mb) / 12.8in x 16.2in / 3830 x 4865 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Stanislaw August Poniatowski coronation robes painting formerly located Warsaw Town Hall drawing cardboard glued upper edge another cardboard height 30.1 cm width 23.2 cm cardboard height 35.6 cm width 25.8 cm 1830–1884 subject Stanislaw August Poniatowski King Poland 1732–1798 portrait male portrait ruler copy painting maker Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman unknown co-author portrait drawing person wearing jeweled crown ornate robe rendered tan paper crown colors gold red blue green robe garments display shades yellow orange white gray decorative patterns fur trim figure pale complexion light hair calm facial expression posed hand resting near waist extending outward background small darker spots slight edge wear.