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Source Description
This miniature shows a woman in light chemise-like dress in a landscape. To the right is small building with a classical portico. The woman wears a fur lined wrap and pearl earrings. Her high hair style perhaps indicates that this painting dates from the late 1820s or 1830s. It has been suggested that the miniature depicts Marguerite Georges (1787-1867), a great beauty and noted actress who was Napoleon's mistress at the time he was First Consul. Plane metal on the reverse with loop for hanging.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
39664
label
Portrait of a woman (Mlle. Georges?)
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
39664
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a woman (Mlle. Georges?)
description
This miniature shows a woman in light chemise-like dress in a landscape. To the right is small building with a classical portico. The woman wears a fur lined wrap and pearl earrings. Her high hair style perhaps indicates that this painting dates from the late 1820s or 1830s. It has been suggested that the miniature depicts Marguerite Georges (1787-1867), a great beauty and noted actress who was Napoleon's mistress at the time he was First Consul. Plane metal on the reverse with loop for hanging.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1800-1830
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.9
height
9
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/16 × W: 3 9/16 in. (12.9 × 9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: Augustin
med
watercolor
creator_ids
2984
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
00307b8a17c4eda4