PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN STANDING

Creator(s): E. Veronese (Artist)

On view in: First Floor Library

About this object

Portrait of a young woman standing three quarter length. She is facing three quarter to the left. She is wearing a 17th century Dutch costume. It has a lace cap that tucks behind her ears and has a scalloped edge. The cuffs are large and scalloped. There is a very large flat white ruff around her neck. She wears a necklace of red beads and a bracelet on her left wrist. Her right hand holds a feather at her side. Her left arm is bent across her front. Her dress is dark blue with a trefoil pattern in a lighter blue. The front of her dress bulges outward and there is a blue bow at her waist. There is a plain brown background with a drape indicated at the left.

Object name:

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN STANDING

Made from:

Watercolor on wood

Made in:

EUROPE

Date made:

19th c.

Size:

18.4 × 14.6 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

53.58

Class:

MINIATURE

Signature marks:

SIGNATURE lower right: E. Veronese; on back, label: /2321 ELF 200 Frau van Ryhn

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973