Portrait of a lady with a bow hairstyle

Fine Arts

Inventory number
2021.10.7.7.FA.GR.1834.FR
Author:
Victor Désiré CASSIEN (French, Grenoble 1808 - 1893)
Description
Graphite drawing portrait of a young woman represented in a day dress with long and puffy gigot sleeves with pointy seams on the shoulders, a darker material kerchief tied in a bow through a ring on the neckline. Her hair is in fashionable bow style made with a toupee, and tight ringlets framing the face on the sides.
Materials
Pencil on paper
Wood
Glass
Origin
1834 France
Dimensions
Length : 34.5 cm
Height : 37 cm