Swedish School Portrait Of Maria Birgitta

Swedish School Portrait Of Maria BirgittaA provincial mid 19th century portrait of a seated lady wearing a black dome shaped dressed with a white collar. Her right arm is resting on a table with several red books, which indicates her literacy. Her style fits perfectly alongside other portraits from the 1840s. It was a decade whereby dome shaped dresses became increasingly more voluminous and hair was parted perfectly in the centre. Women also often wore pendants or cameos attached to long

Frame with some losses and age-related wear

many of the elements in this painting are more detailed than Schleisner’s so I do wonder if ours is

An interesting study of five cows by German artist

which became a second home for him

He trained under Jean-Paul Laurens/J

water and wine

he’s dressed in Elizabethan clothes including a fine ruff

Artwork in very good condition overall

Artist’s auction highlight: £15

The portrait is housed within a period swept giltwood frame decorated with foliate corners

Medium: Oil on canvas laid on boardOverall size: 16” x 15” / 40cm x 38cmYear of creation: c

The painting is a celebration of the natural world and it still brings a moment of calm as it originally sought to achieve