Follower of Antoine-Jean Gros known as Baron Gros A Lady Seated on a Marquise Oil on canvas 40 1/4 x 32 1/8 inches (102.2 x 81.7 cm) The elegant lady shown here is wearing a turban, a fashion that became popular in France after Napoleon's campaign in Egypt (1798-1801). Turbans were soon taken up by such society beauties as Mme. de Stael, the duchesse de Rohan and Napoleon's wife Josephine, and then spread throughout Europe. The colors of turbans were generally designed not to match, but to contrast with those of the wearer's gown, to emphasize the headpiece's extravagant exoticism. The soft gray of the gown and delicate lavender of the turban in this portrait are an unusually understated instance of the color harmonies of this style. C
Glue relined. Several repaired tears, one roughly 1 1/2 inches long at the base of her right elbow. Another 1 inch long on her left hand, other roughly 3 inches long along her sash. Repainted area in the shadow of the cushion on which she leans and another area of inpaint on the window jamb at the center right. There are a few touches of restoration in her hair, the upper outlines of her eyes and the contour of her left arm have been reinforced.
Follower of Antoine-Jean Gros known as Baron Gros A Lady Seated on a Marquise Oil on canvas 40 1/4 x 32 1/8 inches (102.2 x 81.7 cm) The elegant lady shown here is wearing a turban, a fashion that became popular in France after Napoleon's campaign in Egypt (1798-1801). Turbans were soon taken up by such society beauties as Mme. de Stael, the duchesse de Rohan and Napoleon's wife Josephine, and then spread throughout Europe. The colors of turbans were generally designed not to match, but to contrast with those of the wearer's gown, to emphasize the headpiece's extravagant exoticism. The soft gray of the gown and delicate lavender of the turban in this portrait are an unusually understated instance of the color harmonies of this style. C
Glue relined. Several repaired tears, one roughly 1 1/2 inches long at the base of her right elbow. Another 1 inch long on her left hand, other roughly 3 inches long along her sash. Repainted area in the shadow of the cushion on which she leans and another area of inpaint on the window jamb at the center right. There are a few touches of restoration in her hair, the upper outlines of her eyes and the contour of her left arm have been reinforced.
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