Carl Wagner, Portrait Of A Girl With A Pigeon

Carl Wagner, Portrait Of A Girl With A PigeonA fine mid 19th century portrait of a young lady with a pigeon by German artist, Carl Wagner (1796 1867). The lady is clutching her beloved bird with affection as she stands before a field with an open view. Images such as these were popular in the early to mid 19th century when many artists sought to celebrate nature and our role within it. The Romantics, such as Caspar David Friedrich (1774 1840), looked to imbue their work with an extra sense of

Corbet became immersed in this pioneering approach and spent a great deal of time in Rome

The newspaper is Dagens Nyheter (Today’s News)

It was probably once hanging in a family home alongside portraits of siblings and the girl’s parents

It’s been painted confidently with broad brush strokes in areas and a great deal of bravura

inscribed in the top right and housed within its original gilt frame

ours is comprised of strong angles and carries a monumental presence

‘Strange Old Danish Trees in Particular Oak and Beech’

and a puffy black skirt worn above the hip

During the 1850s

Craquelure in areas which has caused the paper to crack

Size including frame 11” x 13” / 28cm x 33cm

14½” x 15½” / 37cm x 39cm