Portrait of a Lady

Václav Mánes

Václav Mánes - Portrait of a Lady
This portrait of an unknown lady was probably - as was the case of most Mánes’s portraits - commissioned. It satisfied all contemporaneous conventions and demands on art. The sitting young lady, sumptuously dressed and adorned with small flowers, shows off her dress and jewellery. The background of the portrait is in the spirit of old masters, with a view into the landscape.
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measurements: height 86 cm
width 68 cm
material: canvas
technique: oil
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inventory number: O 8019
gallery collection: Collection of 19th Century Art and Classical Modernism