"a family group: the father in the centre in gold-embroidered blue coat, wearing the blue sash of the spanish order of charles iii, the lady to his left in peach dress with white bows, a child in chocolate brown dress on her lap, in front a child in white with a black bonnet tied beneath his chin, holding cards in his right hand, to his left a young girl in blue dress with slashed sleeves and black headdress, in her right hand a compass resting on an uncurled map of europe on a table, behind her a lady in red-trimmed black dress with coral necklace, wearing a black cap on her upswept powdered hair; draped green curtain background" [1]. Date: between 1760 and 1775 (approach based on the sitters' clothing and hairstyle). Dimensions: height: 5 cm (1.9 in); width: 7.2 cm (2.8 in). Medium: watercolor on ivory portrait miniature. Collection: Unidentified location. Genaro Boltri - Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Charles III with his family
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