Miniature On Ivory, Portrait Of Woman Signed A.jourdin , 1845

Large miniature on ivory representing a young woman leaning against a balustrade. She wears a suit with a green velvet surcoat edged with ermine and a white dress. The description of the costume highlights the demi-parure composed of a gold and emerald bodice jewel and a gold and emerald tiara decorated with fleurons. It leans on a balustrade decorated with neo-Gothic motifs representing Gothic arcades and finials opening onto a garden. Golden brass frame. With Romanticism, a return to the style of the Middle Ages or neo-Gothic style developed. The neo-Gothic style affects all the arts including literature with the publication of Notre-Dame de Paris by V. Hugo and the Tour de Nesle by A. Dumas. In France, it was the Duchess of Berry who was the instigator of the cathedral style around 1820.
Miniature signed A.Jourdin and dated 1845