Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Flowered Shawl by Salomon Guillaume Counis

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Bonaparte, the sister of the ll-famous emperor of the France, Napoleon. There he was titled as ‘Enamel Painter of the Court.’This oil-on-canvas portrait of 1820 could be from the same timeline when he worked for Elisa. During the time he produced many portraits of the royal family members and aristocrats.

The undeclared identity of the woman makes us wonder about her personality. Though, at least we can understand by the furry and flowered shawl, the golden necklace and royal attitude hints that she was not from any lower class. By doing less labor at the smeary backdrop, artist glorifies the main subject with excessive details and fine brush-strokes of various colors to add realism. Cameras were not invented until the early 19^th century to capture a person realistically, but adept artists like Salomon Guillaume Counis recompensed the gap by their skills.