Hierarchy Archive
Painting Hierarchy or the Hierarchy of Genres are the six main types of painting:
1. History Painting
2. Portrait Painting
3. Genre Painting
4. Landscape Painting
5. Animal Painting
6. Still Life Painting
Most of the paintings falls in one or more of these categories and are defined, interpreted accordingly.
The painting represents a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a blue and white velvet dress and seated in a sumptuous interior.





















