Portrait of Samuel Amsler and Family
1842
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1842
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Portrait of Samuel Amsler and Family is a 1842 by Wilhelm von Kaulbach, a Romanticism work, depicting family, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a Swiss engraver and his family in their home. Wilhelm von Kaulbach made it between 1836 and 1849. The scene includes Amsler’s engraving tools and a print of Raphael’s Holy Family on the wall. The room fits the Biedermeier style, cozy and middle-class. That’s a quiet moment from early 19th-century life. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
