PORTRAIT OF COUNTESS MARIA BOUT DINI (MARIA DMITRIEVNA DINI / BUTURLINA)
Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist)
Currently in storage
About this object
Portrait of a young woman seen half length and turned to the right side, with her face turned forwards. She wears her dark hair in curls around her face and upswept at the back. She wears a white dress with ruffles at the neckline. The dress is v-necked and has a blue sash under the bust. Around her shoulders, she wears a blue shawl which covers her right arm at the bottom of the portrait. Her right hand grasps the edge of the shawl. The background is plain.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF COUNTESS MARIA BOUT DINI (MARIA DMITRIEVNA DINI / BUTURLINA)
- Made from:
- Watercolor on ivory
- Made in:
- EUROPE
- Date made:
- early 19th Century
- Size:
- 8.4 × 6.6 cm (3 5/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.38
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- LABEL written in script on back: Ctesse Maria Bout Dini 1795-1879
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973