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Portrait of Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918), the artist's daughter at age 16
Portrait of Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918), the artist's daughter at age 16 is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Johan Georg Schwartze. It dates from 1868 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. The canvas presents a young woman, Thérèse Schwartze, at sixteen years of age.
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Subject & Meaning
The painting Portrait of Thérèse Schwartze portrays the artist's daughter at sixteen, emphasizing her youth and familial connection.
The painting Portrait of Thérèse Schwartze portrays the artist's daughter at sixteen, emphasizing her youth and familial connection. Thérèse Schwartze is shown with waist-length hair, rendered in a straightforward portrait style that underscores her status as a young woman within the domestic sphere. The composition lacks overt symbolic elements, focusing instead on likeness and intimacy, which aligns with 19th-century portrait conventions that valued personal representation over allegorical meaning.
Technique & Style
The portrait is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for mid-19th-century European portraiture. The composition measures 66 cm in height by 52 cm in width, a modest, intimate format suited to a private likeness of a family member. Stylistically, the work presents Thérèse Schwartze in a waist-length format, depicting her as a young woman with waist-length hair, consistent with the conventions of bourgeois portraiture of the period. The painting is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
No specific information regarding the handling of the brushwork, surface condition, or conservation history is documented in the available sources.
History & Provenance
The portrait of Thérèse Schwartze was created by her father, Johan Georg Schwartze, in 1868. The work depicts the artist's daughter at the age of sixteen, capturing her waist-length hair in an oil painting on canvas. It is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. The painting measures 66 cm in height and 52 cm in width.
Overview
The canvas presents a young woman, Thérèse Schwartze, at sixteen years of age. Executed in oil by her father, Johan Georg Schwartze, the portrait belongs to the collection of the Rijksmuseum. The composition places the sitter against a dark backdrop, allowing the illuminated figure to dominate the visual field.
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Artist
Johann Georg Schwartze (20 October 1814 – 28 August 1874) was a painter from the Northern Netherlands who grew up in Philadelphia and was trained in Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf school.
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