Antique Biedermeier Portrait, Inscribed Amalia Jung, 19th Century
Antique Biedermeier Portrait, Inscribed Amalia Jung, 19th Century
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A pencil inscription on the back of this Biedermeier portrait reads, as near as I can make it out, “Amalia Jung, geb. Becker.” The woman it names looks out from a dark ground in a lace-edged bonnet tied under her chin, with a collar worked in tiny star flowers and a dry, faintly amused expression. The painter is unknown. The gilt frame has a stepped crest above and a scrolled cartouche below.
The canvas has been relined and has areas of overpainting. The extent of the overpainting has not been mapped. The surface shows discoloration and craquelure consistent with age, fine tick-like cracks along the upper edge, and a faint horizontal line near the top of the canvas. The white lace of the bonnet and bow has small losses and flecking, and there is light scattered speckling across the dark ground. The dark dress shows scuffing and abrasion. The paint film is stable in the photographs.
The frame is gilt gesso and shows age and use. The crest has a crack through the central oval and a further crack across the upper left, and the lower cartouche has a vertical crack at the left join and a crack in the lower right scroll. The gilding is rubbed at the high points with dark showing through, with small losses and chips to the gilding and gesso, most noticeable at the corner leaves and around the lower cartouche. The crest and cartouche are separate stepped pieces fitted to the main frame, with the joins visible. The frame has not been confirmed as original to the painting.
On the reverse, the backing is paper-covered board with chips and tears along the edges and an old nail visible at the top. The crest board is painted dark olive, carries the impressed crown mark, and there is a metal hanging ring. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.
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