Bertha Wegmann (b. Soglio, Switzerland 1847, d. Copenhagen 1926)
Interior with a woman reading . Signed and dated B. W. 14 September 88 Marienlyst. Pencil on paper. Visible size 32×23 cm.
Bertha Wegmann's brother-in-law restaurant owner Heinrich Seekamp acquired Marianelyst/Marienlyst at some point in the 1880s. Bertha Wegmann often stayed with her sister Anna (1846–1925) and brother-in-law Heinrich. The couple was married in 1869. The Hirschsprung Collection owns a similar drawing of “A Young Girl Crocheting at the Window” dated 16 September 16 1888. That one ill. in Gertrud Oelsner & Lene Bøgh Rønberg, “Bertha Wegmann”, 2022, p. 205. The two drawings were made during a visit to her sister.
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Paintings, drawings and icons, 14 June 2023