19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch

19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond BroochA charming portrait of a continental lady dressed in the fashion a la mode of the 1890s. Her hair is styled into a coiffure and she wears a large diamond brooch that sparkles with light. The coiffure was a must have hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains: A potent factor in any womans appearance is her coiffure. Indeed, no other item of her toilette is really so influential, either to emphasize or to lessen her natural

106 achieved for ‘Giovanna’ at an Italian auction in 2006

Light craquelure in areas and the canvas could perhaps do with a clean to restore its vibrancy

as he’s not usually depicted with a shield

sought to convey more about a subject by bringing several views together in the same image

It’s interesting that he became a Danish citizen as his painting style suits the often introspective nature of Danish genre scenes

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particularly around the face

Meissner trained at the Dresden Art Academy under Robert Kummer and Ludwig Richter

Artwork in good overall condition with no issues

while ahead of them

A fine early 20th-century oil on canvas by Danish landscape artist

A mid-20th-century Scandinavian coastal scene depicting three moored fishing vessels under the last of the evening’s sun