PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Bust-sized portrait of a young woman. She wears a decolleté gown with a lacy collar and a bow in the front. She has a high powdered coiffure surmounted by a gray hat trimmed with blue ribbon. She wears small gold earrings. The gold frame is engraved with a leaf design.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
- Made from:
- Watercolor on ivory -- gold
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- c. 1780
- Size:
- 5.1 x 4.4 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.2
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973