German portrait painter
Born in Homburg vor der Höhe in 1723, died in Heilbronn in 1794
Worked in Basel from 1751 to 1756, then in Heilbronn, at least until 1779
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Portrait of a young woman
Oil on canvas and original stretcher
Louis XV style giltwood frame
Basel, 1756
Signed and dated on the back
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64 x 51 cm [frame]
50 x 37 cm [stretcher]
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On a terrace with a stone balustrade, in front of a wooded landscape and under a twilight sky, this young woman in a three-quarter bust wears a steel blue silk dress with lace sleeves and bodice; over her powdered hair and white lace headdress, she wears a mantilla and, thrown over her shoulders, a black velvet mantelet. For the painter, she has just lowered her fan...