Posthumous portrait of Elżbietka Pade (1811–1818), daughter of Elżbieta and Marcin
1818
oil
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
1818
oil
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
This painting shows a young girl with light skin and red hair, wearing a brown dress with blue dots and a white ruffled collar. She holds a basket of pink roses in her left hand and a single rose in her right. The background is a cloudy sky with trees on the left. The girl's expression is calm, and her eyes seem to look directly at the viewer. The painting's colors are muted, with shades of brown, blue, and pink dominating the scene. This portrait is a poignant representation of a young life cut short. To learn 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 modeling three-dimensional objects and figures, explore the works of Michał Stachowicz.
