Caption
The beautiful Malmeuyspier, Mrs. Anna L., Portraits of the courtesans named Beautiful Malmeuyspier and Mrs. Anna L., Mirror of the most beautiful courtesans of this time, print, album page, Series number, 23-24, 40, Two depictions on an album page. On the left the courtesan named Beautiful Malmeuyspier and on the right Mrs. Anna L., both from Denmark. Below that two quatrains in English. The sheet is part of an album., printmaker: Crispijn van de Passe (II), Utrecht, 1635, writer (clerical worker), printer (person), paper, engraving, letterpress printing, text in letterpress, height 109 mm x width 152 mm, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, Two oval medallion portraits appear side by side on aged paper, each showing a bust of a woman in historical dress rendered in fine engraved lines; the left portrait shows a woman in profile facing right with hair styled high and rounded at the back, a pronounced wide collar framing her neck, a fitted bodice, and one hand positioned near her chest; the right portrait shows a woman facing slightly left with a jeweled or floral headdress, a rounded high collar, a layered neckline, a cloak draped over one shoulder, and one hand holding a small cluster of flowers while the other adjusts the cloak, with delicate facial features and patterned detailing on her gown.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B28_428
License type
Rights managed
Available size
36.3Mb (7.9Mb) / 13.5in x 10.4in / 4062 x 3127 (300dpi)