Heinrich Hollpein, Portrait Of A Lady In Black

Heinrich Hollpein, Portrait Of A Lady In BlackThis exquisite mid 19th century portrait by Austrian artist Heinrich Hollpein (1814 1888) depicts a lady before a classically inspired landscape. Attired in a fine black dress with lace embellishments, she rests within a tranquil setting. The glow of a conspicuous gold wedding band as radiant as her eyes. Shes widowed, yet enduring, rooted in the scenery akin to the ancient bough of an autumnal oak tree. Beyond, a river winds through verdant sun

It dates to around 1860 when fashionable ladies styled their hair into side coils

This placed Wild Mint

This breathtaking 19th-century landscape painting by British artist Edmund John Niemann (1813-1876) depicts an extensive view near Cader Idris in Snowdonia

The painting is signed in the lower left and housed within a beautiful decorative frame with a gold inner border

Is there any better medium to communicate the connection between two kindred spirits than through deftly composed needlework

Light was his mistress and he courted her across the continent - from the ebullience of Sicily to the enchanting boulevards of Paris

Several artworks

Along the shoreline

This remarkable oil painting by German artist Otto Voigt (1870-1949) depicts a lady in her dressing room

Did she paint this as a commentary on temperance

They do not know that I am her husband

deliberately sitting back in the box