A Sicilian Woman
A Sicilian Woman c1861 by Belgian Painter Jean-François Portaels (1818 – 1895); Oriental style and portrait painter.
This is an alluring portrait of a beautiful young lady that is sitting in a room with her hands folded on her lap holding a wooden rosary; there is a blank picture frame behind her to the left and stone bench below it.
She is wearing an elaborate white cloth headdress round gold earrings with gemstones around the perimeter, a red gemstone necklace, a large blue and green flower that is pinned to the front of her white dress, with triangular lace trim along the edges, just above the flower that has a gold brooch which connects the upper open portion of her dress with two orbs and a pin.
The lower portion of her white dress is accented with thin red stripes that are widely spaced, while the sleeves of the dress are turned out which reveals a red velour lining with gold trim accents; also there is a long wide sash that is tied around her waist and flows down the dress that is accented with silver circles, each that is composed of multiple disc.
Her attire is then completed with a bluish-black and deep red sleeveless cloak, that seems to cover her back and that just drapes over her shoulders at the front.
Photo Retouching Of The Classical Artwork A Sicilian Woman by Jean-François Portaels
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Jean-François waard berne yn 'e Flaamske Brabant Belgyske gemeente Vilvoorde, Oan 'e boargemaster fan Vilvoorde in rike brouwer; en trochbrocht in protte fan syn tiid opgroeiende tekenjen fan sênes fan syn lânseigen stêd.
Yn 1836 Syn heit stjoerde him nei de Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts yn Brussel; dat waard oprjochte yn 1711 en hy studearre ûnder de Belgyske keunstner François-Joseph Navez (1787 – 1869), Wa sels wie in studint fan 'e ferneamde Neoklassikale Frânske skilder Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825).
Fiif jier letter reizge Jean-François nei Parys en ynskreaun by de Frânske Akademy, Skoalle fan Fine Arts om syn stúdzje troch te gean; studearje yn syn frije tiid de âlde masters yn it Louvre, Lykas as besykje de Parysalons foar ynspiraasje foar ynspiraasje en om artistike trends te sykjen yn Frankryk.
At the time Orientalism was becoming a popular trend in the arts, and this had an influence on Jean-Francois; also at this time he became a student of the historical French painter Paul Delaroche (1797 – 1856).
Yn 1842 Op syn weromkomst wûn hy de Grand Prix de Rome, en it jild dat hy makke út dizze winst tastien him te reizgjen nei Italië; wêr't hy venice besocht, Florence and Rome, en dan letter nei Marokko, Algerije, Egypte, Libanon, Judea, Spanje, Hongarije en Noarwegen.
During this trip he had the ability to paint portraits of some of the prominent individuals at the time, such as the Viceroy of Egypt.
After 5 years Jean returned to Belgium and accepted the appointment as the director of the Academy in the Flemish Municipality of Ghent.
Jean-Francois wie in produktyf en alsidige-artyst dy't oer in breed spektrum fan sjenweart, ynklusyf histoaryske skilderijen, Bibelske skilderijen, Portret Skilderijen, Lânskipskilderijen, Sjenre-skilderijen en orientalistyske skilderijen mei tegearre mei portretten wie syn haadfokus.