Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of A Girl With A Cherry Basket

Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of A Girl With A Cherry BasketThis charming mid 18th century German oil painting depicts a girl wearing a pink bell shaped gown, white apron, and cap while holding a basket of cherries. Commissioned for a family home, this gentle portrayal captures a loving image of a treasured daughter. Dressed in her fineries including, what appears to be, a pearl necklace, shes the image of her mother. The inclusion of a cherry basket is not an uncommon one, particularly during the 1740s, and

Monogrammed in the lower right

It depicts the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven playing the violin behind a gentleman at the piano

fleshy skin tones are laid down with texture and maturity

The cherubs are also on the opposite side

A larger but stylistically comparable piece sold at Christie’s in 1999 for $17

within her own life

which deftly captures the light on a brisk Autumnal day

Our reference: BRV1657

the ornaments glinting with suggestion

This fine late 19th-century oil painting by British artist John Clayton Adams (1840-1906) depicts The Pass Of Killiecrankie

we see one of several self-portraits he undertook which portray him akin to a 17th-century Dutch peasant

while his flock graze in an open field