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Portrait of a lady in a sofa

Fine Arts
Inventory number
2021.9.27.1.FA.GR.1830.FR
Author:
Candide BLAIZE (French, Nancy 1795 – ca. 1855 Paris)
Description
Graphite drawing portrait, enhanced with watercolour, of a young woman represented in a white dress with long gigot sleeves, accentuated on the waistline with a tight and large belt with rectangular metal buckle, and a long white shawl scarf on the shoulders. The lady's hair is in a fashionable style, attached in a bow on the top with a tortoiseshell peinteta comb, and brushed curls on the sides framing the face. She is sitting in a sofa surrounded with pillows trimmed with blue stripes.
Materials
Pencil on paper
Watercolor
Glass
Wood
Origin
1830 France
Dimensions
Length : 29.2 cm
Height : 32.5 cm
Related person
Candide BLAIZE (French, Nancy 1795 – ca. 1855 Paris) (creator)