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The Fair Skipper: boating on a mountain lake ca 1830 the Swiss Alps painting

ca 1830

About the Item

Here is an almost two hundred year old painting which is so irresistibly charming that it's crazy! You may have seen painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes - but how many pretty lady skippers on a mountain lake? Dating from circa 1830, termed the "romantic" period in French art, the scene may be based on the story of the skipper Elisabetha Grossmann. This is likely as the French playwright Eugène Scribe wrote a play about her her life in 1827. Of humble origins, a local aristocrat paid for Elisabetha's eduction when she was a girl.. Elisabetha ferried tourists over the Lake Brienz in the early 19th-century Switzerland and became herself a famous tourist attraction for being beautiful and cultured. A rich man fell in love with her, proposed, but broke off the engagement due to pressure from his family. Elisabetha subsequently married a violent drunkard, escaped and divorced, then later found happiness in a second marriage with a younger man. How is that for a story? The painting comes a Parisian apartment where it had been in the same family for generations. There seems to be a trace of a signature and date 1834 (?) on the boat. The work is presented in its original frame. Canvas size alone: 61 x 50 cm.
  • Creation Year:
    ca 1830
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.14 in (74 cm)Width: 25.6 in (65 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    Romantic
  • Period:
    1830-1839
  • Condition:
    Stable craqulure, inpainting visible under UV, roughly hewn original canvas has thinned. Surface wear/epidermures on the paint due to the structure of the canvas. Minor wear and tear to frame.
  • Gallery Location:
    Norwich, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU991313630152

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