Otto Goetze, Interior With Standing Nude & Mirror

Otto Goetze, Interior With Standing Nude & MirrorThis early 20th century etching by German artist Otto Goetze (1868 1931) depicts a nude within a bedroom setting. She poses while holding a mirror and catching her reflection. Goetze was a master of provocative scenes such as this. Seemingly obsessed with the female form, his skilful etchings portray women in various states of undress. Its interesting to consider how tastes changed during the period he worked and how the line shifted between nudes as

Note the exquisite embroidery

The fruit includes grapes

106 achieved for ‘Giovanna’ at an Italian auction in 2006

Sir William Beechey (1753-1839)

An early 19th-century portrait of the English composer and musician

Ekman often painted marine scenes - he loved the ocean and admired those that relied upon it

It’s finely rendered and was initially commissioned by Constable for a book

Quick daubs of built-up oil paint scatter the canvas with the artist paying close attention to the light atop the water

Medium: Watercolour and gum arabicOverall size: 4” x 5” / 10cm x 12cmYear of creation: c

but returned to Dresden later in life

the rest is all the same to me

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