Citation
"Alexandrine-Sophie de Bawr (Louis-Léopold Boilly) , 2011.454,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/336539.
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This grayscale, oval-shaped painting depicts a light-skinned woman from the chest up. She faces the viewer directly, and her face and body is lit from the left. The woman has short, messy curls, large light eyes, a slightly smiling mouth, and a small pointed chin. Her dark dress has short puff sleeves and a low scoop neckline. A transparent ruffle runs along the top of the dress. The background behind the woman is a cloudy gray. Bordering the bottom of the ovular portrait is a signature and date. A lightly sketched rectangle encompasses the portrait and signature.