19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Woman In Profile

19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Woman In ProfileA mid 19th century French portrait of a woman in profile looking upwards. Her hair is styled into a bun and covers her ears, as per the fashion of the 1840s 50s. What do you make of her expression? Could there be a glint in her eye and perhaps a little mischief? The portrait is housed within a 19th century gilded frame with decorative inner and outer borders. Medium Oil on canvas Overall size 14 x 16 35cm x 41cm Year of creation c. 1850 Provenance

We particularly love the flashes of green and red to highlight the brightly coloured shop fronts

She was close friends with Princess Anne (later Queen Anne)

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of Käthe Holm Née Ahlefeldt wearing a green dress

113 achieved for ‘Stiefmütterchen und Erdbeeren’ at a German auction in 1999

Light craquelure but the paint layer is stable

particularly nocturnes and atmospheric evening views

But perhaps he was best known for his turbulent marriage to Thérèse Ansingh (1883-1968) who was also a painter

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Both were fairly traditional in their approach so it’s interesting to consider how Bang-Sorensen became so adventurous

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