Sophus Vermehren, Housewife Surprises Reading Maid

Sophus Vermehren, Housewife Surprises Reading MaidThis early 20th century oil painting by Danish artist Sophus Vermehren (1866 1950) depicts an interior scene with a housemaid and lady. The maid is reading a diary, while the lady of the house clasps her hands in prayer. Story Imagine youre the maid, for twenty years in the service of a pious couple. He works in Copenhagen, while his wife remains at home and occasionally mingles within the realms of high society. Their world is out of reach for

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bell-shaped dress

An old stone bridge

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Or is she looking sceptically at the painter wondering how she will look

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sketching over several weeks or months

This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by British artist W H Burch depicts a bay horse with saddle standing by a Georgian folly

which included Hilde sat reading

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but he also painted portraits - particularly of his family and local dignitaries

Size including frame 27” x 34” / 69cm x 86cm