1830
oil
From the collection of National Museum in Kraków
Portrait of Aleftyna Gościmska née Jerasiewicz is a 1830 oil by Józef Oleszkiewicz, held at National Museum in Kraków.
This portrait depicts a woman with dark, curly hair, wearing a blue dress with a black collar and cuffs. She is shown from the chest up, with her right hand resting on her cheek. The woman's gaze is directed to the left, and she wears a gold necklace and earrings. The background of the painting is a muted brown color. The subject of the painting is Aleftyna Gościmska née Jerasiewicz, and it was created by Józef Oleszkiewicz in 1830. If you're interested in learning more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in an image, you can look up the term "chiaroscuro".
Józef Oleszkiewicz (Lithuanian: Juozapas Oleškevičius, Russian: Юзеф Иванович Олешкевич; c.1777 – 5 October 1830) was a Polish painter, active in Vilnius and then in Saint Petersburg during Tsar Alexander I's reign,…
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