Portrait of Sophie Henriette BOUVIER
Fine Arts
2020.12.16.3.FA.PA.C1810.FR
Description
Rectangular painting portrait of a woman known as Sophie Henriette BOUVIER, married to Nicolas Marc Antoine MESTIER in 1808, and represented wearing an Empire style high waistline gown of greyish blue colour, with short balloon sleeves, transparent Brussels applique lace scarf adorns her neck, and a brown shawl wraps her arms. A silver gilt, vermeil, diadem comb, in the shape of the top part of a stylized doric column with tiny pearl beads ornament, decorates the lady's hairstyle. She also wears a pair of pearl earrings.Materials
Oil on canvasWood
Origin
vers 1810 FranceDimensions
Length : 50.5 cmHeight : 59 cm