Brigdet Bacon, Lady Firebrace (c.1700-1782)
Christian Friedrich Zincke (Dresden 1685 - Lambeth 1767)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1737
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
4.8 cm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926890
Summary
Portrait miniature, enamel, Brigdet Bacon, Lady Firebrace (c.1700-1782) by Christian Friedrich Zincke (Dresden 1685 - Lambeth 1767).1737. Oval. Half-length portrait of a woman, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, in a bow-cut blue dress and white petticoat. Brown eyes, rosy complexion, long dark brown hair dressed with flowers, a tress over her right shoulder, aged 20 to 25. Plain light drab background,lit from above.
Makers and roles
Christian Friedrich Zincke (Dresden 1685 - Lambeth 1767)