Caption

Sitting woman doing needlework, print, A young woman is sitting and sewing. Below the image, an ambiguous four-line text in Dutch., Netherlands, 1700 - 1900, printmaker, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 121 mm x width 89 mm, (other forms of) needlework, eg: crocheting, knitting, embroidering, An engraved oval portrait shows a seated young woman in period dress holding a piece of cloth and a fine thread or string between her fingers; she has a softly turned face with large eyes and an updo adorned with small flowers, and her hair features curled sections at the front. The figure wears a low-cut bodice with a fitted front and sleeves that gather at the wrists, and a patterned skirt draped over her lap. Behind her is a carved chair back with scrolling ornamental motifs. The oval is set within a rectangular frame decorated with diagonal line shading and repeating geometric motif panels in the corners, and the background inside the oval is filled with dense crosshatching.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A88_246

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.8Mb (6.6Mb) / 12.3in x 16.7in / 3679 x 5014 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sitting woman doing needlework print young woman sitting sewing image ambiguous four-line text Dutch Netherlands 1700 - 1900 printmaker paper etching engraving height 121 mm x width 89 mm forms of eg crocheting knitting embroidering engraved oval portrait seated young woman period dress holding piece cloth fine thread string fingers softly turned face large eyes updo adorned small flowers hair features curled sections front figure wears low-cut bodice fitted front sleeves gather wrists patterned skirt draped lap carved chair back scrolling ornamental motifs oval set within rectangular frame decorated diagonal line shading repeating geometric motif panels corners background inside filled dense crosshatching