PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
Creator(s): Unknown (Miniaturist) , S. Guérin (After)
Currently in storage
About this object
Oval miniature of a young woman. She is sitting half-length in profile facing to the left. She wears a simple white dress with a low, rounded neckline and shirring. Her hair is tied with a white ribbon embroidered with blue flowers. She wears gold hoop earrings. The background is blue. The frame is tortoiseshell with an inner frame of gilt metal. On back is pasted an old French newspaper.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
- Made from:
- Watercolor on ivory -- tortoiseshell -- gilt metal
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- ca. 1890
- Size:
- 9.8 x 7.6 cm (3 7/8 x 3 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 53.4
- Class:
- MINIATURE
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE signed at right: Guérin/S
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973