Live Auction 803919th Century European Art
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873)
Lot 40 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873)

Portrait of a Girl, head and shoulders, draped in a blue and white wrap

Closed21 November 2011

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GBP 13,750

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Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873)
Portrait of a Girl, head and shoulders, draped in a blue and white wrap
oil on canvas
22 x 18 in. (56 x 46 cm.)
Painted circa 1850.

Estate of the artist.
by descent to his brother, Hermann Winterhalter.
by descent to his niece, Fanny Maier (until 1936).
Private collection, Freiburg-im-Bresgau, thence by descent.

Specialist note

The vigorous brushwork and use of lighter pastel colours indicate that this work stylistically belongs to a later period of the artist's career. It is comparable to The Spring (early 1850s, private collection, Switzerland) and can be related to a number of profile figures in Florinda (1852, Royal Collection).

We would like to thank Eugene von Barilo von Reisberg for confirming the authenticity of the present lot and his assistance in providing the catalogue entry.