Lot Essay
This miniature is taken after a self-portrait by Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757) in the Portland Collection (D. Foskett, A Dictionnary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, pl. 39, no. 119)
Details
Circle of Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757)
A Self-Portrait, facing left in lace-bordered white dress with bows at shoulders, blue stole, flowers in her upswept hair, holding a paintbrush and palette
backed by a playing card, turned wood frame
oval, 2 3/4in. (70mm.) high
A Self-Portrait, facing left in lace-bordered white dress with bows at shoulders, blue stole, flowers in her upswept hair, holding a paintbrush and palette
backed by a playing card, turned wood frame
oval, 2 3/4in. (70mm.) high