Ca. 1820 Portrait of a Woman with Kashmir shawl.
Ca. 1820
Portrait of a Woman.
Léon Cogniet (1794-1880, Paris), attributed.
French school of 19th century.
Tecnicque: oils on canvas.
Dimensions: 70cm x 61cm
20th century wooden frame.
Old attribution to Léon Cogniet (1794-1880, Paris) is inscribed on the wooden frame.
Portrait of the restoration period, post Napoleonic wars. Stylistically the painting is found in the transition period from the late Empire period to the beginning of Romanticism. The new artistic trends can be seen in the increased naturalism, representation of the landscape/nature, in the contrasts, and in a greater emotionality of the person represented. Detailed but loose is the way to describe the winter dress...
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1820s Romantic Gianni Strino Art