19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Young Lady With A Pink Sash

19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Young Lady With A Pink SashThis charming 19th century English school portrait depicts a lady wearing a white dress with a pink sash and bow. Her left arm rests upon a giltwood chair. Given her outfit, the portrait probably dates to around 1880 when styles had become noticeably more refined and lacked the weight of the previous decades. Large voluminous dresses had been replaced by simpler designs yet still retained trims and frills. Here, the lady is probably wearing a bustle,

She’s resting one knee on a chair and there’s a table with an empty glass to her right

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 32½” x 38” / 83cm x 97cmYear of creation: c

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 17” x 14” / 43cm x 36cmYear of creation: (June) 1943Condition: Artwork presents well

The artwork is housed within an early 20th-century frame

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 26½” x 21½” / 67cm x 55cmYear of creation: c

A characterful early 20th-century portrait of a lady in a blue dress by Swedish artist

000 achieved for a portrait of Queen Victorian at Christie’s in 2001

500 achieved for a still life at Sotheby’s in 1996

Craquelure in areas but the paint layer is stable

000 achieved at Christie’s

which refers to the great French landscape painter Louis Devedeux (1820-1874)

Benedict’s sons served King Atterdag Valdemar IV of Denmark