Johann Heinrich Tischbein I Haina 1722 - 1789 Kassel

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Description

Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
a portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter length at a desk, wearing a blue dress with an ermine-lined fur mantle and holding a letter in her hand
signed and dated on the reverse: JH (in ligature)Tischbein pinx./ 1756 and bears an inventory number on the reverse: S 652
oil on canvas, unframed

Provenance

Schloss Milkel, Oberlausitz in Saxony.

Catalogue Note

This portrait was painted when Tischbein had settled as a court painter to the landgrave Wilhem VIII of Hesse-Kassel in Kassel. It shows strong similarities with a portrait of the artist's first wife, Marie Sophie Robert (1726-1759). , whom he married in 1756. An example was sold, New York, Christie's, 25 May 1999, lot 23.