En siciliansk kvinne
En siciliansk kvinne c1861 av belgisk maler Jean-Francois Portaels (1818 – 1895); Orientalsk stil og portrettmaler.
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 ble født i den flamsk-brabant belgiske kommunen Vilvoorde, til ordføreren i Vilvoorde en rik brygger; og brukte mye av tiden sin på å vokse opp med å tegne scener fra hjembyen.
I 1836 faren sendte ham til Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts i Brussel; som ble etablert i 1711 og han studerte under den belgiske kunstneren François-Joseph Navez (1787 – 1869), som selv var elev av den berømte nyklassisistiske franske maleren Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825).
Fem år senere reiste Jean-François til Paris og meldte seg inn på det franske akademiet, Ecole des Beaux-Arts for å fortsette studiene; studerer på fritiden de gamle mesterne i Louvre, samt besøke Paris Salons for inspirasjon og for å forske på kunstneriske trender i Frankrike.
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).
I 1842 on his return to Belgium he won the Grand Prix de Rome, and the money he made from this win allowed him to travel to Italy; where he visited Venice, Florence and Rome, and then later to Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Judea, Spania, Hungary and Norway.
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 år kom Jean tilbake til Belgia og aksepterte utnevnelsen som direktør for akademiet i den flamske kommunen Gent.
Jean-Francois var en produktiv og allsidig kunstner som malte over et bredt spekter av sjangere, inkludert historiske malerier, bibelske malerier, portrettmalerier, landskapsmalerier, sjangermalerier og orientalistiske malerier med sammen med portretter var hans hovedfokus.