Portrait of Maria Walewska, née Laczynska

A.S.

Basic information

ID: Г-III-10
Author: A.S.
Name: Portrait of Maria Walewska, née Laczynska
Date of creation: after 1812
Country: Poland
Technique: painting
Material: ivory watercolour gouache
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 8.8 x 6.7

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Purchased from the antiques dealer S. Schwartz for the collection of Wladyslaw Lozinski on September 25, 1911. From 1914, it became part of the Gallery collection. Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: A.S.
Artist's lifetime: 19th c.
Country

Object description

The miniature represents a waist-length image of a young blue-eyed woman in a red velvet Empire silhouette dress. The gown is decorated with gold; along a low neckline one can see standing lace. On the neck there is a string of pearls; there are teardrop-shaped pearls in the ears. Golden locks of hair are falling down on her forehead. The hairstyle is complemented by a wreath of pink roses. The miniature replicates the upper fragment of the portrait of Maria Walewska, Countess d'Ornano, a Polish noblewoman and a mistress of Emperor Napoleon. It was painted by François Gérard in 1812. Primarily, the portrait was in the collection of the Count d'Ornano, and now is in Versailles.

Inscriptions

On the right edge in the middle there is an author's inscription: A.S. d’ après Gerard. On the back there is an inscription on cardboard: Marya z Laczynskich Walewska.

Portrayed person