Sophisticated Late 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Victorian Aristocratic Lady, Unsigned Large Oil on Canvas & Gilded Frame

Sophisticated portrait painting of an aristocratic lady in the Victorian aesthetic style of the late 19th century. She wears a black tailored dress with a contrasting, crisp and elaborately detailed white lace collar (chemisette) which serves to highlight an extravagant large gold brooch and double gold chain pendant. The portrait is defined by meticulous detail, refined elegance, and skilled academic painting. The subject is depicted in an oval window format, of a large rectangular ornate gilded frame.

The specific combination of black dress, white lace, and prominent jewelry in these Victorian era portraits serve as a visual language to communicate the sitter’s respectability, discipline, and aristocratic status within the rigid social codes of the Victorian period. 

Dimensions: rectangular canvas image height 30″ x width 25″ , frame oval viewing opening height 29″ x width 23″ x overall frame height 43.5″ x width 38.5″

 

$1,950.00

1 in stock

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