The Marriage Presents

1770s

Louis-Marin Bonnet

Associated Names
Louis-Marin Bonnet

Artist, French, 1736 - 1793

The image is a portrait of a woman from the upper half of her body. She is angled slightly, facing the viewer directly. She has a gentle smile, bright eyes, and delicate skin. Her hair is styled in an elaborate updo with flowers, a ribbon or feather. She wears a pink dress with white lace trim, blue details, a low neckline, and a rose pinned to her bodice. She holds a small cameo or locket in her hands connected to blue beads or ribbon. The background is a soft blue fabric or curtain, and the portrait is encased in an oval frame with leaf patterns and blue embellishments.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel manner with ornamental borders drawn in pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold flocking

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29 x 23.4 cm (11 7/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.150.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Herold 1935, no. 305

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1935

  • Herold, Jacques. Louis-Marin Bonnet (1735-1793): Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave. Paris: La Societe pour l'etude de la gravure Francaise, 1935.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Cette piece n'a pas / eté vendue par moi: [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q76347717

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