Wenzel Wirkner, Young Lady Reading In A Landscape

Wenzel Wirkner, Young Lady Reading In A LandscapeThis gentle early 20th century landscape painting by Austrian artist Wenzel Wirkner (1864 1947) depicts a young lady reading in the shade of an old tree. Its midsummer and the sun radiates across the landscape illuminating a lake and distant woodland. Given the sensitivity of the piece, its likely that the artist knew the seated lady well. Perhaps theyve rested here before. Wirkner was an artisan and his landscapes feel poetic and gestural. Here, the

Note the area of light hitting mid-jug

Areas of in-painting following an earlier restoration

Herkendell describes this dizzying mix of glamour and debauchery with spirited brushwork and commitment

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29” x 21” / 74cm x 53cmYear of creation: c

Medium: Oil on board

Giuseppe Pennasilico

The portrait is signed/dated and housed within an exquisite gilt frame with ornate corner ornamentation

The etching is printed onto vellum and its undulant in places

and the power of the Most High will overshadow you

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

A peaceful impressionistic rural view of several farm buildings situated on the Danish coast

The canvas has been relined and the stretchers replaced