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Mourning portrait of K. Horvath-Stansith, née Kiss, artist unknown, 1680s A Child of the Honigh Family on its Deathbed, by an unknown painter, 1675-1700. A mourning portrait or deathbed portrait is a portrait of a person who has recently died, usually shown on their deathbed, or lying in repose, displayed for mourners.
Portrait of Christina of Denmark (or Portrait in Mourning) is an oil on oak panel painting by Hans Holbein the Younger completed in 1538. [1] It was commissioned that year by Thomas Cromwell, agent for Henry VIII, as a betrothal painting following the death of the English Queen Jane Seymour.
It depicts fellow painter Berthe Morisot dressed in black mourning dress, with a barely visible bouquet of violets. The painting, sometimes known as Portrait of Berthe Morisot, Berthe Morisot in a black hat or Young woman in a black hat, is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Manet also created an etching and two lithographs of ...
Elmer's Mourning Picture (1890) Edwin Romanzo Elmer (1850–1923) was an American portrait, genre and still life painter. Known for his attention to detail, he was also an inventor of a machine for braiding horsewhips. [1] Spending most of his life in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Elmer is best known for his painting Mourning Picture. This 1890 ...
Andromache Mourning Hector: 1783 oil on canvas 275 × 203 Louvre Museum, Paris The Vestal Virgin: 1783 oil on canvas private collection Portrait of Alphonse Leroy: 1783 oil on canvas 72 × 91 Fabre Museum, Montpellier Portrait of Charles-Pierre Pecoul: 1784 oil on canvas 91.5 × 72.5 Musée du Louvre, Paris Portrait of Geneviève Jacqueline ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:16, 22 September 2012: 2,624 × 1,972 (584 KB): Wmpearl {{Information |Description ={{en|1=''Mourning, Brittany'', oil on canvas painting by Charles Cottet, late 19th century - early 20th century, Cincinnati Art Museum}} |Source ={{own}} |Author =Charles Cottet |Date =late 19th ...
Portrait Miniatures and Mourning in Colonial America. Throughout the course of history, mourners have carried portraits with them to honor loved ones; this practice made its way to Colonial America in the mid 18th century. Portrait miniatures honoring the deceased could take many forms, such as rings, brooches, lockets, and small frame pictures.
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.