An Unknown Lady in a Black Dress
Spanish School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1640
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
63 x 57 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731915
Summary
Portrait miniature, oil painting on copper, An Unknown Lady in a Black Dress, Spanish School. c.1640. Oval. Half-length portrait of a young lady, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a black with elaborate lace collar and cuffs. With her right hand she fingers a large diamond pendant upon her breast and wears a jewelled ring on the third finger of her right hand. She has thick black hair dressed with a spangles and a jewelled three-drop pearl ornament. She also wears pearl earings and a necklace. The background is mid-blue.
Makers and roles
Spanish School, miniaturist