Miniature portrait of a woman

Fine Arts

Inventory number
2022.2.4.10.FA.PA.1826.FR
Author:
ABEL (French, 19th century)
Description
Circular miniature framed in wood and brass depicting a young woman on a forest background. She is wearing a black dress with puffed sleeves tightened at the waist by a wide black belt with a large gold brass buckle. A wide lace collar frames the double-stranded black pearl necklace she wears around her neck. She wears earrings and a gold tiara comb in her dark hair. She holds a bouquet of flowers in her hand. 
Materials
Watercolor on ivory
Wooden frame
Glass
Brass
Origin
1826 France
Dimensions
Width : 10.5 cm
Length : 10.5 cm