Portrait of Anna Cetner

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Basic information
ID
Ж-4063
Author
unknown
Name
Portrait of Anna Cetner
Date of creation
1730s
Technique
oil painting
Material
canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
74 x 70
Information about author
Author
unknown
Country
Object description
Anna Cetner was the daughter of Stanislaw Tarlo, a voivode of Lublin, and Teresa Dunin-Borkowska. She was the wife of Franciszek Cetner and mother of Franciszka, the wife of Michal Jozef Rzewuski, and a voivode of Podolian Voivodeship. One of the main places in the family galleries was occupied by paired spouse portraits. These were usually bust-length images, painted facing each other in official poses. They were always placed side by side. Portrait of Anna Cetner is an example of such a paired portrait. In the painting, there is a waist-length figure of a woman on a dark background. It is depicted wearing a fontange, which was fashionable for the first half of the 18th century, decorated with precious stones. The woman is clothed in a low-necked dress with lace. On top of the dress, there is a red cape. The unknown artist focused all his attention on the face's pretty, carefully painted features, namely an elongated, oval face, arched eyebrows, a small pointed nose, and rosy cheeks. The portrait is executed in an official ceremonial style, where nothing distracts one's attention from the person depicted. This painting is paired with the one of Franciszek Cetner, Anna's husband (Ж-4064).
Portrayed person
The name of the person portrayed
Anna Cetner
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery