HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FUGER

(Heilbronn 1751-Vienna 1818)

Young woman portrait

Around 1790

Watercolor and gouache, oval: 8.5 x 6.8 cm.

Gilded circle metal, 9.4 x 7.5 cm.

Beautiful portrait of a young woman immortalized on a cloudy sky background by HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FUGER (1751-1818) considered one of the most important Austrian painters.

The woman is represented half-length, wearing a light blue dress with pointed décolleté and a shawl on her left shoulder.

A typical work of Füger in which he employs a clearly visible projection, a technical characteristic of his for the background called the "water drop technique".

For more information on the figure of Heinrich Friedrich Füger, consult the extensive biography in primis: Robert Keil, Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751–1818) – Nur wenigen ist es vergönnt das Licht der Wahrheit zu sehen, Vienna, Amartis, 2009.

His works are kept in the most important museums and private collections.

Excellent original state of conservation.

Provenance: Private collection, Paris.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Robert Keil, Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751–1818) – Nur wenigen ist es vergönnt das Licht der Wahrheit zu sehen, Vienna, Amartis, 2009., H.Rieben, Bénézit, Schidlof, Blattel, Lespinasse, Foster

MUSEUMS:

Louvre, Paris; Nationalmuseum Stockholm, coll. Tansey, Celle; V&A; Wallace coll; Cincinnati Art Museum, Liaunig Museum, Neuhaus; Palazzo Madama, Turin.