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Portrait of Johanna Maria Parvé, Wife of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens

Unknown

1857

unspecified

From the collection of Rijksmuseum

Biedermeier Early 19th Century Portrait

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Portrait of Johanna Maria Parvé, Wife of Hendrik André Cornelis Tierens is a 1857 unspecified by Unknown, a Biedermeier work, held at Rijksmuseum.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1857 · Biedermeier
Where can I see it?: Rijksmuseum

About this work

You see a woman in a dark dress with a white collar, her hands folded in her lap. Her face is calm, eyes looking right at you. The background is plain, so nothing distracts from her. This painting was made in 1857, but we don’t know who painted it. It’s one half of a pair—her husband’s portrait would have hung beside it. That was common then, like a matched set. To see more portraits like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.