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Portret van Cornélie-Brigitte-Cécile de Witte, echtgenote van kolonel François Collin als Minerva

Unknown

1800

oil

canvas

From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Realism Early 19th Century Portrait

Dominant colour

Portret van Cornélie-Brigitte-Cécile de Witte, echtgenote van kolonel François Collin als Minerva is a 1800 oil by Unknown, a Realism work, held at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1800 · Realism
Where can I see it?: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

About this work

The painting depicts a woman in a white dress with a gold bodice, holding a spear and a blue cloth. She wears a gold crown and has a blue ribbon in her hair. The background is dark, with a red curtain on the right side. A small emblem is visible in the upper left corner of the painting. The woman's attire and the emblem suggest a sense of regality and importance. This painting is reminiscent of the works of artists who use chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures.