Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann (b. Warsaw 1819, d. Copenhagen 1881)
Young mother in a white flowing dress and red scarf around her black hair. In her arms she holds her naked baby. Presumably from Capri. Signed and dated Jerichau Baumann 1874. Oil on canvas. 74×61 cm.
The young mother and child have a strong similarity in motif to a painting by the artist exhibited Charlottenborg 1874 no. 120 with the title “From Capri. Mother and Child”. That one bought by the National Museum in Stockholm 1880.
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