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Portrait of a woman

Fine Arts
Inventory number
2024.10.9.4.FA.PA.C1830.FR
Author:
Jean Antoine Théodore GIROUST (French, 1780-1835)
Description
Portrait of an elegant wearing a large white fabric hat adorned with ostrich feathers. A "barbette" (a sort of strip of tulle or muslin decorated with lace) adorns her face. The young woman wears a green dress with puffed sleeves with an ornatal belt buckle, all typical of the Romantic period.

The Vassiliev Collection contains a wide variety of belt buckles from this period, including one we suggest here (see associated object).
Material
Oil on canvas
Origin
circa 1830 France
Dimensions
Width : 3 cm
Length : 54 cm
Height : 64 cm
Related object
Belt buckle