19th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Girl With A Bird Pendant

19th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Girl With A Bird PendantA mid 19th century French school portrait of a girl in a blue dress. Its an intriguing little painting that draws you in and its interesting to consider who this young lady was. The artist has painted her bird pendant particularly nicely and it holds a small stone. So perhaps this has some kind of significance with regards to her family. What do you get from her? The portrait is housed within a 19th century gilt frame. Medium: Oil on canvasOverall

The elder Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737-1827) sat for the great Jens Juel (1745-1802) who was one of the foremost portraitists of his generation

inscribed on the reverse

the setting evening sun creates a gentle glow across this lost golden wilderness

Copenhagen’ at Sotheby’s in 1995

such as Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

An attractive Dutch oil painting depicting three fishermen rowing on a large lake beneath a beautiful cloudy sky

Wide-brimmed picture hats with round crowns were all the rage during the Summer

he worked as an illustrator and cartoonist at Danish newspaper ‘Dags Pressen’

It’s interesting that the artist has juxtaposed a traditional sailboat with a fierce industrial fire

It’s plausible that originally it was created as a piece for private worship and perhaps once hung in a small building occupied by a devout family

which creates atmosphere and pulls us closer to the scene

It’s unlikely to be Hermes