Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann (b. Warsaw 1819, d. Copenhagen 1881)
The artist's daughter Sophie (1859–1944) with a green bow in her red-blonde hair reading a book. Signed Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann. Oil on canvas. 50×42 cm.
Literature: Jerzy Miskowiak, “Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. Nationalromantikkens enfant terrible”, Frydenlund, 2018, ill. p. 40. Jerzy Miskowiak, “Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann”, Bosz, Poland, 2020, ill. p. 36.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 904, 2009 no. 623.
This lot is part of our ongoing theme: Pioneering Women Artists 1850-1950
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Pioneering Women Artists, 4 March 2024