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Artist: Bertha Wegmann (1846–1926)
Danish painter
Title: Woman in Black
Object type: Painting
Description: The Danish artist Bertha Wegmann is known above all for her portraits. Active in Denmark and on the continent, she was exposed to a variety of influences. This woman in profile, dressed in black in front of a patterned curtain, recalls one of the most famous pictures of the period: Whistler’s Mother , painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871, exhibited in London and Paris, and popularised through prints. This portrait is a new acquisition, bought for the Nationalmuseum in 2012.
Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 51 cm (20.1 in). Width: 42 cm (16.5 in).
Framed: Height: 67.5 cm (26.6 in). Width: 57.5 cm (22.6 in). Depth: 8 cm (3.1 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: B. Wegmann
SKU: 273079
