19th-Century French School Portrait Of A Lady

19th-Century French School Portrait Of A LadyA fine mid 19th century portrait of a lady, believed to be French, wearing a beautiful green dress with decorative lace embellishments. With her left hand, shes gently holding a necklace with perhaps a cameo or locket attached to it. Her hairstyle and outfit match the expectations of the 1860s when women wore full bell shaped dresses with low sloping shoulders that flared out into wide sleeves. Hair tended to be tied into low chignons at the nape of

Size including frame 12½” x 16” / 32cm x 41cm

In the bottom left you’ll notice a small dwelling on raised ground

this included bonnets decorated with ribbons and bows that were worn towards the back of the head

An early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a cottage garden with outbuildings

Jensen trained at the Academy of Fine Arts and exhibited regularly at Charlottenborg

Examination under UV shows areas of light professional restoration

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since no fashion is so capable of affecting the actual expression of her countenance as is one that pertains to the arrangement of the hair

Every line on his furrowed brow tells a story and there are certainly are quite a few of them

has applied the paint with broad strokes and a little impasto in areas

the cross could refer to the Petrine Cross

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a gilded wooden frame