Swedish School Portrait Of Maria Birgitta Beige There’s an intelligent use of

There’s an intelligent use of light and shade throughout the face

eastern France during the early part of his life

while his comrade is leaning forward with his hands on the boat

Very tatty with various losses and abrasions

Very dark with various paint losses and scuffs

Swedish School Portrait Of Maria Birgitta Beige There’s an intelligent use ofA provincial mid 19th century portrait of a seated lady wearing a black dome shaped dressed with a white collar. Her right arm is resting on a table with several red books, which indicates her literacy. Her style fits perfectly alongside other portraits from the 1840s. It was a decade whereby dome shaped dresses became increasingly more voluminous and hair was parted perfectly in the centre. Women also often wore pendants or cameos attached to long