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Description: | This lady's dress indicates her wealthy status. She holds a spray of orange blossom; oranges usually symbolize fertility, so this may refer to her having a large family. Orange blossom is also a symbol of chastity and marriage, indicating that this lady may have married later in life. The style of her dress suggests she was probably portrayed under the reign of Louis XV. Like most eighteenth-century women, she wears a bonnet, of which there were many different kinds. They varied according to the lady's status, her activity or the time of day. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Le Chevalier d`Arboville(?) (French artist, active early 18th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8959... | Go to resource |
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