Nils Forsberg, Portrait Study Of A Girl

Nils Forsberg, Portrait Study Of A GirlThis enigmatic portrait study by Swedish artist Nils Forsberg (1842 1934) depicts a red headed girl with a choker. With her face in repose, she gazes into the yonder. Do you see sadness in her eyes? Or is she holding back a smile? Forsberg was highly regarded during his lifetime and won a gold medal at the Paris Salon for The Death of a Hero. The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm holds many of his works. The painting is signed in the lower left, dated lower

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the Italian Renaissance

Light craquelure in areas but otherwise good

at Christie’s New York

Sarah’s personal life was just as controversial as she was promiscuous at a time when morals were high on the agenda

The gardens

Vekerum is a picturesque rural area in south Sweden

at the Académie Colarossi in Paris under Christian Krohg (1852-1925) and Frits Thaulow (1847-1906)

This mid-20th-century oil on canvas by German artist Curt Rabethge (1899-1974) depicts a rural view with a deep track

Reginald Daniel Sherrin (1891-1971)

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a lady

A grisaille painting is essentially a work in monochrome and the word grisaille is derived from the French for ‘grey’