August Georg Mayer, Portrait Of A Lady With A Black Dress

August Georg Mayer, Portrait Of A Lady With A Black DressAn exquisite mid 19th century portrait of a lady in a black dress by Austrian painter, August Georg Mayer (1834 1889). She holds her hand to her heart and reveals a gleaming golden band, which is presumably either her engagement or wedding ring. Her eyes reveal a sensitivity and clearly this portrait is a gesture of love towards her husband. The artist, August Georg Mayer (1834 1889), has rendered her skin with a great degree of skill and even the

Artwork is good condition with no issues

Size 18” x 17” / 46cm x 43cm

a sizeable bank of earth frames that side of the image

Year of creation 1919

A rather risqué 19th-century miniature depicting five nymphs bathing alongside a brook

We spoke to a collector of antique fashion

The frame has some surface losses and cracks

The identity of this formidable lady has been lost over time but her outfit aligns with the style of the mid-17th-century

Paintings of this kind often refer to the power of nature and contemplate man’s role within it

Frame with age-related wear

they reflect the fact that in reality we rarely see an object from one set angle as our perspectives continually change

He feels like a character from a Tolkien novel and perhaps he’s a friend of Gandalf’s