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Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Together with her husband, Antoinette raised two children, Ida Antoinette Wulff (1845-1924) and Marie Henriette Wulff (1847-1927). This specific portrait by August Schiøtt features on Antoinette's biographies online and is the original. It was quite a privilege to sit for the notable Danish portraitist as many of his subjects were Danish royalty.
Medium: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Size including frame: 19” x 16” / 49.5cm x 41.5cm
Year of creation: c. 1849
Condition: Artwork in good condition with one tidy area of restoration in the top right and some light scuff marks around the periphery. Areas of craquelure but the paint layer is stable under varnish. The canvas has been relined.
Artist’s auction highlight: £36,800 achieved in 2000 for ‘Badende drenge en sommerdag ved Aalsgaarde i Nordsjaelland’ (175cm x 235cm).
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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August Schiott, Portrait of Antoinette Christiane Wulff, Fine 19th-century Oil Painting
