Contains nudity
Old World Portraits
Portrait of a Young Woman in White
Unknown Artist
An elegant late 18th-century portrait featuring a young woman in a luminous white gown against a muted grey background.
Césarine de Houdetot, Baronne de Barante, Reading Paul et Virginie
Louise Bouteiller
1818 · Oil Paint, Canvas
An elegant 19th-century portrait of a woman in a diaphanous white dress reading amidst a serene, mountainous landscape.
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Where it works
A calm artwork with moderate presence with warm, lived-in color — holds a composed wall with restraint.
- Often works in
- Bedroom · Library · Study
- Placement
- Strong for entryways, narrow walls, and vertical placements
- Walls
- Best where a lighter wall gives it room to show
- Color notes
- Soft gray, Charcoal black, Rich brown
About the piece
Painted in 1818 by Louise Bouteiller, this masterfully executed portrait depicts Césarine de Houdetot in a moment of quiet reflection. Seated by a tranquil lake, she is dressed in the classic Empire style with a diaphanous white gown and a richly patterned shawl, set against a lush backdrop of banana leaves and distant mountains.
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