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Grand Crown Hetman Franciszek Ksawery Branicki with his wife Aleksandra née Engelhardt and children; Wladyslaw, Aleksander and Katarzyna in the park in Aleksandria?, unknown painter. On the right, under the tree, Ksawery Branicki sits on a chair, dressed in a tailcoat and a wig, holding a tricorn in his left hand; his wife Aleksandra stands next to him in a black hat with feathers and a white chemise dress. A large dog lies at Branicki's feet. In the center, two small boys are pulling a carriage with the youngest, a girl, and a dog is running alongside. In the background on the left, a garden pavilion in the style of a Greek temple, Tholos perhaps a source of healing water Paradise; on the plinths of the columns supporting the dome are the children's initials WB, AB, AB, ?B, ?B. In the background, trees and sky; at the bottom: flowers; on the right a spreading oak tree. Frame: gilded bronze, semi-convex profile molding. 1780, Poland, miniature, height 6.3 cm, width 10.4 cm., A framed pastoral scene shows a park or garden with a domed classical pavilion of pale stone on the left, a group of children in period dress toward the center with one child seated in a small wheeled carriage being pushed or pulled by others, and an adult couple under a large tree on the right with the woman standing and the man seated on a bench; a dog lies near the seated man and another small dog runs in the foreground. The palette includes soft neutrals and earth tones such as beige, brown, tan, and gray, with touches of white, muted blue in the sky, and small areas of pink and green in the foreground flowers and foliage. The picture is enclosed in a gold frame.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A17_197

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

35.5Mo (1.5Mo) / 36.7cm x 24.2cm / 4331 x 2863 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Grand Crown Hetman Franciszek Ksawery Branicki wife Aleksandra née Engelhardt children Wladyslaw Aleksander Katarzyna park Aleksandria unknown painter right under tree Ksawery Branicki sits chair dressed tailcoat wig holding tricorn left hand wife Aleksandra stands next black hat feathers white chemise dress large dog lies Branicki's feet center two small boys pulling carriage youngest girl dog running alongside background left garden pavilion style Greek temple Tholos perhaps source healing water Paradise plinths columns supporting dome children's initials WB Ab B trees sky bottom flowers spreading oak tree Frame gilded bronze semi-convex profile molding 1780 Poland miniature height 6.3 cm width 10.4 cm framed pastoral scene garden domed classical pavilion pale stone group period dress child seated small wheeled carriage pushed pulled adult couple under large tree woman standing man seated bench lies near seated man another small dog runs foreground palette includes soft neutrals earth tones beige brown tan gray touches white muted blue small areas pink green foreground flowers foliage picture enclosed gold frame.