Portrait of Mrs van HUSSEIN
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2019.3.11.1.FA.PA.C1760.NLDescription
Painting portrait of a noble woman known as Hélène Marguerite van HUSSEIN (1705 - 1776). She is in a red velvet cape, which was a typical clothes of Polish boyars, trimmed with fur, was called a contouche, and a dress in ivory colour brocade and silk with blue ornaments and lace cuffs.The lady's costume is adorned with lots of hand-made bobbin lace, presumably, these are the popular Brabant or Binche lace.
Materials
Oil on canvasWood
Origin
circa 1760 NetherlandsDimensions
Length : 62 cmHeight : 80.5 cm