Caption

Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, print, printmaker: Lambertus Antonius Claessens, Amsterdam, after painting by Bernardino Curti, c. 1792 - c. 1808, paper, etching, engraving, stippelets, stippelets en gravure, height 236 mm x width 158 mm, Person, Marie Antoinette, A detailed monochrome oval portrait of a woman set within a rectangular frame, showing her from the shoulders up. She has an arranged hairstyle with soft curls and wears a headpiece that includes folded fabric and a plume of feathers. Her face is rendered with delicate shading and a calm expression; she wears a single drop earring and a loosely draped garment with visible folds and a translucent scarf over her shoulders. The oval is surrounded by patterned shading and horizontal lines, and below the portrait there is a blank rectangular panel framed by dense vertical and horizontal linework. The entire image is created with fine stippling and hatching textures.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A82_256

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.9Mb (7.2Mb) / 9.9in x 16.4in / 2984 x 4909 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Marie Antoinette Queen France print printmaker Lambertus Antonius Claessens Amsterdam painting Bernardino Curti c 1792 - c 1808 paper etching engraving stippelets en gravure height 236 mm x width 158 mm Person detailed monochrome oval portrait woman set within rectangular frame showing shoulders up arranged hairstyle soft curls wears headpiece includes folded fabric plume feathers face rendered delicate shading calm expression single drop earring loosely draped garment visible folds translucent scarf shoulders surrounded patterned shading horizontal lines blank rectangular panel framed dense vertical horizontal linework entire image created fine stippling hatching textures