Katharine Sophie Friederike Dorothee de Württemberg by Franz Seraph Stirnbrandt (auctioned by Neumeister)
Posted to Foro Dinastias by Minnie on 13 January 2012.
This impressive Stirnbrandt portrait shows how to use lace in a headdress and to ornament a neckline. Her waistline is about one cm below her bust line.
Keywords: Stirnbrandt, Catharina Württemberg-Westphalia, Württemberg family, Bonaparte family, Princess, Queen, curly coiffure, ribboned lace cap, lappets, bateau neckline, modesty piece-bertha, quarter length puffed sleeves, belt, jeweled buckle, Empire low waistline, close skirt, necklace, wrap, lining