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Arnoult, Nicolas
Mademoiselle
A Paris : Chez N. Arnoult, [ca. 1690-1710]
hand-colored engraving faced on reverse with fabrics
12 x 8 inches (305 x 203 mm)
PML 15535.2
Notes
Although most of the dressed prints in the library's collection were made between 1690 and 1710, the later date of the fabrics indicates that they were "dressed" some forty or fifty years later. The correct French term for the process is découpé. Its translation, literally "cut-out", gives some idea of what was involved. Portions of the print were cut out and faced from the reverse side with fabric corresponding to parts of the costume. What remained of the print was skillfully tinted with watercolor.
Inscriptions/Markings
Sitter is identified in ink at the base of the sheet as Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans.
Summary
Full-length portrait of a woman, identified as Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans, niece of Louis XIV, standing. She is wearing a feminine version of a men's "cravate à la Steinkerque", fastened with a small bouquet and a very tiny muff on her right arm.
Associated names
Arnoult, Nicolas, fl. 17th cent., publisher.
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