Sunday, May 13, 2018

Image within image - five portraits of "art appreciation"


The Raffenberg family, byWilhelm Bendz, 1830.
Unknown family, unknown artist, circa 1780.
Double portrait, by Giuseppe Tominz, 1830.
The Johann Christian Edler von Bruchmann family, by Josef Abel, 1810.
Self-portrait with her husband, Petrus Kiers, by Elisabeth Alida Haanen, 1845.



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2 comments:

  1. Toby WorthingtonMay 13, 2018 at 12:11 PM

    What really grabbed me was The Raffenberg family, by Wilhelm Bendz, 1830.
    Loved the economical depiction (in terms of ' lean' application of paint) of faces, fabrics, furnishings. I'm beginning to think that 1820-1840 is my period, in so many ways!

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