Portret van een onbekende vrouw 1855

"Portret van een onbekende vrouw" (Portrait of an Unknown Woman) is a daguerreotype by Manuel Herrero from 1855. The image depicts a woman in a dark dress with a white collar and a white scarf. The woman is posed in a seated position, her hands clasped in her lap, holding a fan. The image is framed in an oval-shaped decorative frame, highlighting the subject and her unknown identity. The daguerreotype was likely a common type of portraiture during the mid-19th century, capturing a fleeting moment in time of a woman lost to history.