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