19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch Watercolour An exceptional 17th-century Italian portrait

An exceptional 17th-century Italian portrait of a bearded philosopher deep in thought

Size including frames

29” x 24” / 74cm x 61cm Year of creation c

a path winds its way around to our left before disappearing behind some buildings

England Condition

19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch Watercolour An exceptional 17th-century Italian portraitA charming portrait of a continental lady dressed in the fashion a la mode of the 1890s. Her hair is styled into a coiffure and she wears a large diamond brooch that sparkles with light. The coiffure was a must have hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains: A potent factor in any womans appearance is her coiffure. Indeed, no other item of her toilette is really so influential, either to emphasize or to lessen her natural