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Watercolor portrait of Nerina Tighe.

Title
Watercolor portrait of Nerina Tighe.
Publication
[Pisa?, circa 1827-1829?]

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Still imagePermit needed *PforzSchwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Description
1 painting : watercolor on ivory; 63 mm (circular)
Summary
Bust-length miniature portrait, subject facing forward. She wears a white dress with a low, laced neckline; a blue belt; and a black necklace. Her brown hair is fixed in a chignon behind her head.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Watercolors
  • Miniatures (Paintings)
Note
  • One of a set of three miniature portraits of the women of the Tighe family by an unidentified artist, probably painted in Pisa between 1827 and 1829.
  • Within ebonized square wood frame with circular recess, palmette-embellished ormolu toothed rim, and convex glass lens.
  • Cardboard backing, now removed, labeled in a later hand, in red ink: "Nerina Tighe."
Call Number
*Pforz
OCLC
974815848
Title
Watercolor portrait of Nerina Tighe.
Publisher
[Pisa?, circa 1827-1829?]
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