PORTRAIT OF TWO CHILDREN

Creator(s): Agostino Carloni (Artist)

Currently in storage

About this object

Rectangular miniature of two children. To the left is a young girl with dark hair, ending in curls. She is seated in a chair and holds her baby brother to the right. She wears a dress that has short puffed sleeves and is off the shoulder. Her brother has short blond hair and wears a similar dress. He holds a sprig of flowers in his right hand. His left hand clutches the right hand of his sister. Her left arm curves around him and holds him. At the lower left is a basket of flowers which sits on the shawl that covers both their laps. The chair is seen at the right. It is an open armchair with arms that curve and end in curls. In the right background is a rosebush and part of a tree that extends across the top of the portrait. At the left in the distance is a mountain scene against a blue sky.

Object name:

PORTRAIT OF TWO CHILDREN

Made from:

Watercolor on ivory

Made in:

EUROPE

Date made:

1830-1850

Size:

9.5 × 9.4 cm (3 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

53.43

Class:

MINIATURE

Signature marks:

SIGNATURE lower right: Carloni

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973