Keywords: Lady with Basket filled with Fruits - Louis-Marie Autissier.jpg Artwork Creator Louis-Marie Autissier 1814 watercolour gouache Ivory cm 12 7 10 6 en The Tansey Collection of Miniatures Celle Ref No 10 05 Kat No 2002-15 http //www miniaturen-tansey de/en/artists/list/aid/221/tab/zoom The Tansey Collection of Miniatures Photo by Birgitt Schmedding en This picture is a so-called type portrait a portrait showing typical figures from everyday life in an representation idealized by allegoric decoration The sitter in this miniature from the Tansey Collection - a sitter whom Autissier painted several times <small> See exhibition catalogue Brussels 1995 p 19 fig 1 18 and 42 </small> - carries a fruit basket over her arm and is placed before a partly dilapidated wall These elements form a symbolism reminding of the Vanitas pictures in Dutch Baroque painting which Autissier had got to know in Belgium and during his journeys through the Netherlands <small>Even though there is no specific reference Autissier's miniatures refer to Dutch Vanitas painting Type portraits were very popular during the whole 19th century </small> The contemplative representation is emphasized by the autumnal colour palette Autissier reproduced the different materials with great naturalism the soft peach strongly contrasts with the hard peel of the pear while the heavy fabrics contrast with the wickerwork Autissier paid great attention to the details and created expressive pictures cite web http //www miniaturen-tansey de/en/artists/list/aid/221 'Louis Marie Autissier' at The Tansey Collection of Miniatures Bernd Pappe Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten Dietrun Otten Stiftung Miniaturensammlung Tansey Celle other versions PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1814; unknown woman Louis-Marie Autissier 19th-century portrait paintings of unidentified women 1814 paintings 19th-century gouache portraits of women 19th-century portrait miniatures of women 18th-century portrait paintings in Germany 19th-century portrait paintings of women at half length 19th-century watercolor portraits of women Baskets in portrait paintings Portraits with fruits 1810s portrait paintings |