Miniature portrait of a woman with a floral lace bonnet
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2021.5.27.16.FA.PA.C1830.FR
Attribution:
Louis-François AUBRY (French, Paris 1767 - 1851 Batignolles)
Description
Oval miniature portrait, mounted into a silver brooch with mother of pearl back, representing a young woman in a dark brown colored dress, wearing a large and spectacular lace hat with a floral pattern and dotted with fresh flowers letting seeing curly hair framing her face. On her shoulders, she wears a white lace fichu retained at the bodice by a cameo.
Materials
Watercolor on ivory
Silver
Glass
Mother-of-pearl
Origin
circa 1830
France
Dimensions
Length : 5.5 cm
Height : 6 cm
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Portrait of a woman with a floral lace bonnet