19th-Century Portrait of a Youth, Signed & Dated 1864
A refined and intimate oil on canvas portrait depicting a young sitter in mid-19th-century attire. The subject wears a feather-trimmed cap and lace collar fastened with a gilded clasp bearing an animal motif, painted with remarkable precision. Signed and dated 1864 lower left, the work exemplifies the academic portrait tradition of the period, blending realism with gentle romanticism.
This portrait reflects the taste of prosperous European families in the 1860s, when likenesses of children and adolescents were commissioned both as status symbols and as sentimental family records. The artist’s sensitive rendering of facial expression, combined with careful costume detailing, situates the painting firmly within the tradition of Biedermeier and Romantic portraiture.
Presented in a later giltwood frame, the painting remains an evocative example of 19th-century Continental portraiture.
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19th-Century Portrait of a Youth, Signed & Dated 1864
A refined and intimate oil on canvas portrait depicting a young sitter in mid-19th-century attire. The subject wears a feather-trimmed cap and lace collar fastened with a gilded clasp bearing an animal motif, painted with remarkable precision. Signed and dated 1864 lower left, the work exemplifies the academic portrait tradition of the period, blending realism with gentle romanticism.
This portrait reflects the taste of prosperous European families in the 1860s, when likenesses of children and adolescents were commissioned both as status symbols and as sentimental family records. The artist’s sensitive rendering of facial expression, combined with careful costume detailing, situates the painting firmly within the tradition of Biedermeier and Romantic portraiture.
Presented in a later giltwood frame, the painting remains an evocative example of 19th-century Continental portraiture.
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