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Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann (b. Warsaw 1819, d. Copenhagen 1881)

A woman from Capri, Italy, carrying twigs on her head. Signed and dated Elisabeth Jerichau 1879. Oil on canvas. 50×39 cm.

Exhibited: ARoS, “Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann - Mellem verdener”, 2021.

Literature: Anne Mette Thomsen & Jakob Vengberg Sevel (ed.), “Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann - Mellem verdener”, ARoS, 2021, ill. p. 163.

Jerzy Miskowiak, “Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. Nationalromantikkens enfant terrible”, Frydenlund, 2018, ill. p. 273.

The present painting is a study for a larger painting in a private collection with the title “Fra Capri. To Capri-Piger bærende Foder til Gederne” (From Capri. Two Capri Girls carrying forage for the goats) from 1880, which was exhibited at Charlottenborg 1881 as no. 363.

This lot is part of our ongoing theme: Pioneering Women Artists 1850-1950

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Auction

Paintings and drawings, 6 December 2023

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Estimate

60,000–80,000 DKK

Price realised

Not sold