Early 18th-Century Swiss School, Portrait Of A Canoness

Early 18th-Century Swiss School, Portrait Of A CanonessThis striking, rather gothic, early 18th century Swiss oil painting depicts a canoness wearing a three pointed coif, cap, black dress, choker and crucifix. Dressed rather intriguingly, this remarkable lady has been particularly interesting to research as we can find no other example of her distinctive outfit. Its been suggested that shes a secular canoness hailing from Switzerland, but comparable portraits are exceptionally scarce. Her unusual

Estall’s emotionally-transparent renderings of the countryside were initially met with broadly negative reactions

Government Art Collection and National Maritime Museum

I asked Mr Ridley

and loyal daughters - and her best works bring this together with touches of vivid impressionistic brilliance

The portrait is signed in the lower right and housed within a good later frame

through to the flamboyant chevalier

A characterful portrait of Albert Rufenacht (born 1885) by Hilda Bouna

smoke from a chimney drifts up into the air

In a photograph from 1884

at the moment of death

A fine 17th-century portrait of an older lady wearing a plain white collar with lace edging

Signed and possibly dated in the lower left