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Oil painting of a woman with a gold crown and halo reading a book, dressed in a gold embroidered gown, resting on red velvet.

Gravin de Pagès, née de Cornellan, als de heilige Catharina

A woman with dark bobbed hair, wearing a gold jeweled crown and a radiant halo, sits reading an open book with her head bowed. She wears a pale gold gown patterned with embroidery and rests the book on a red velvet cloth with gold trim. The oil painting glows against a warm dark background.

Artist
Joseph Désiré Court
Date
1838
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3034 × 3750 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1838.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Mujer con corona dorada leyendo un libro, con halo (1838)

Una mujer de cabello oscuro corto, con una corona dorada con joyas y un halo radiante, lee un libro abierto con la cabeza inclinada. Viste un vestido dorado pálido con bordados y apoya el libro sobre un paño de terciopelo rojo con ribete dorado. La pintura al óleo brilla sobre un fondo oscuro y cálido.

Português: Mulher com coroa dourada lendo um livro, com auréola (1838)

Uma mulher de cabelo escuro e curto, usando uma coroa dourada com joias e uma auréola radiante, lê um livro aberto com a cabeça inclinada. Ela veste um vestido dourado claro com bordados e apoia o livro sobre um tecido de veludo vermelho com acabamento dourado. A pintura a óleo brilha sobre um fundo escuro e quente.

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