An Unknown Spanish Girl in a Lace Dress
Continental School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1650
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
56 x 44 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731904
Summary
Portrait miniature, An Unknown Spanish Girl in a Lace Dress, Continental School, c.1650. Oval. Head and shoulders portrait of a young girl turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, with long corrugated brown hair with a centre parting, very red lips, wearing tassel like earings and an elaborate lace dress adorned with crab-coloured bow. The figure is set against a purple curtain drawn back with a tastle hanging on the right.
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse '27' and 'mid 17c'
Makers and roles
Continental School, artist