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Portrait of Marie Louise

C. Vinet

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Basic information
ID
Г-III-61
Author
C. Vinet
Name
Portrait of Marie Louise
Date of creation
after 1810
Country
Austria (?)
Technique
painting
Material
ivory gouache
Dimensions (diameter, cm)
8.2
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
portraiture
Provenance
Purchased from the antiques dealer M. Schulberg for the collection of Wladyslaw Lozinski in 1907. From 1914, it became part of the Gallery collection.
Information about author
Author
C. Vinet
Artist's lifetime
early 19th c.
Country
Austria (?), France (?)
Biography
There is no information about the author’s biography. The artist worked in the 19th c.
Object description
The miniature represents a bust-length image of a young woman against the light gray and blue background. She is wearing a blue Empire silhouette dress with a standing lace along a neckline; on her chest there is some jewelry with blue stones matching the earrings of the same set. Over the light and curled hair, which is falling down the forehead, one can see a crown and a string of pearls. The miniature was inspired by the portrait, which was painted by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger in 1810; the composition slightly replicates the miniature by J. Kreuzinger (1810). The miniature is in a thin bronze frame that is inserted into a snuff box made from a dark tortoise shell.
Inscriptions
On the right edge there is an inscription "C.Vinet" written in white.
Portrayed person
The name of the person portrayed
Marie Louise – Empress of France, a wife of Napoleon I since 1810
Lifetime of the person portrayed
1791–1847
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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